Saved by Laura Pike Seeley
What does it mean to decolonize a museum?
We need to decolonize our:
Metaphors
Languange
Culture
Governance
Habits
Worldviews
Time
Saviourism
Going beyond blame and shame. From appropriation to appreciation.
Operating from emptiness. Beginners mind & non-categorization.
Epistemicide is at the heart of colonization, but we cannot decolonize our minds by unknowing modernity. Like it or not, your belonging is dependent on a reclamation of the dismissed ancient and a reconciliation with the dominant modern.
Sebene Selassie • You Belong: A Call for Connection
But, what, if anything, is specific about the current moment's demands to reassess how universities, museums, and galleries teach, research, collect and exhibit? How can art historians, curators, collectors, museum directors, artists and writers respond to the call to decolonize art history?