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Museum’s Time in the Netherlands: ethnology and art museums (dis)continued dialogue with non-Western art
| Resumo: | Ethnology and art museums have, since their inception in the Enlightenment period, seemed to be separate and even obverse institutions. Yet, the civilizational divide that characterizes both types of museum has been challenged in the postcolonial period, prompting their growth in the form of a continuous conversation. Both institutions have performed acts of reassessment, bringing them toward an alliance. Both also share the role of housing humanity’s material culture pertaining to the visual, the religious, the popular, and the erudite. In this article, I look at this continual cultural dialogue within Dutch institutions. In 2016, Dutch ethnology museums had recently undergone a substantial reform which would result in an integrated national collection. This article explores the contribution of Dutch institutions to the reassessment of the relationship between ethnology and art museums. |
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| Autores principais: | Veiga, Leonor |
| Assunto: | Museus de arte Museus de Etnologia Arte-não-Ocidental Exposições - História Holanda |
| Ano: | 2019 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | Ethnology and art museums have, since their inception in the Enlightenment period, seemed to be separate and even obverse institutions. Yet, the civilizational divide that characterizes both types of museum has been challenged in the postcolonial period, prompting their growth in the form of a continuous conversation. Both institutions have performed acts of reassessment, bringing them toward an alliance. Both also share the role of housing humanity’s material culture pertaining to the visual, the religious, the popular, and the erudite. In this article, I look at this continual cultural dialogue within Dutch institutions. In 2016, Dutch ethnology museums had recently undergone a substantial reform which would result in an integrated national collection. This article explores the contribution of Dutch institutions to the reassessment of the relationship between ethnology and art museums. |
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