… Fixing Historical Omissions: Connecting African, Native American and Slavery Heritage in New York
Category: Decolonize
Food for Thought Friday: Eddie Izzard & History Through a Comedic Lens
Words and Images: Kevin Gover and Matika Wilbur on Native American Experiences Past and Present
Food for Thought Friday: Chimamanda Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story”
“Americans” Exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian
… “Americans” Exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian
What art does and doesn’t tell us: Nate DiMeo’s “The Memory Palace” at The Met
… What art does and doesn’t tell us: Nate DiMeo’s “The Memory Palace” at The Met
Native Americans and Manifest Destiny at The Met
Object Labels at the Museum
Marabou wonders, if a museum has objects that have been acquired due to violence, war, and/or illegal means, is it the museum’s responsibility to explain this acquisition history to its visitors?
Categorizing at the Museum
Marabou wonders, can hierarchies of value be challenged or completely shattered if museums reconsider their methods of categorization? Why not tell the story of Africa, the entire continent, in one hall? Why not include all American objects in “The American Wing”?
How might we think differently about history when all the objects of a geographic location are together? When these objects share space, how might the narrative they create challenge the stories that are currently perpetuated?
