1. Museos como Monumentos al Colonialismo.
Los museos son vistos como instituciones que perpetúan el legado del colonialismo, exhibiendo artefactos adquiridos a través del saqueo y la explotación.
- Considering that the british museum has always been a monument to colonialism and theft, seems fitting.
- Touring the louvre and so much about museums are a celebration of colonialism and pillaging lol.
- The british museum is such a weird vibe because it's really cool and it's also a shrine to the most horrific crimes ever committed by humans against other humans, a mockery of the suffering of the hundreds of millions of victims of british colonialism.
2. La Ética de la Restitución.
Existe un debate sobre la restitución de artefactos robados a sus lugares de origen, argumentando que es necesario para reparar las injusticias históricas del colonialismo.
- The legacy of colonialism is all around us. One glaring one is in the museums, where they still hold all the treasures they stole from african people. Isn’t it finally time they are returned? why do they still have all this stolen african art?
- The unspoken rule is you're allowed to take anything you want out of a museum so long as it was acquired through colonialism.
- Return the stolen artifacts and relics. That's all i get to say about these "museums. Aka. Trophies rooms of colonialism".
3. La Necesidad de Contextualización y Educación.
Se destaca la importancia de contextualizar adecuadamente los artefactos en los museos, exponiendo la verdad sobre el colonialismo y sus horrores.
- I'd rather see it properly contextualised in a museum dedicated to the horrors of colonialism.
- They need to be moved to museums exposing the horrors of colonialism so that they can be properly contextualised, they shouldn't be outside in public space.
- "legacies of colonialism in museum collections". What are the structural patterns inherited from colonialism that result in silences today? the book addresses the enduring impacts of colonialism and offers pathways for the decolonization of museums today.
4. El Impacto Continuo del Colonialismo.
El colonialismo sigue teniendo un impacto significativo en la forma en que se perciben y entienden los museos, los archivos y otras instituciones de conocimiento.
- From 15-10 to 11-01, we proudly present 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠: 𝑂𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑊𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, an exhibition examining how colonialism shaped the ways museums, archives and other institutions of knowledge are perceived and understood, revealing the (im)material scars imposed by systemic violence.
- That’s fair; i feel like monuments & museums are intentionally designed as landmarks of colonialism because of how/who curates them (e.g british museums). & i speak only of my own cultural heritage but often independence is only a word & the corrupt/grip of colonialism still remains for years.
- Colonialism caused this… people want to benefit from all the goodies stolen from them. Don’t get mad about all the foreign people when the “british” museum is 2/3 foreign objects.
5. Iniciativas de Descolonización y Rematriación.
Se mencionan esfuerzos para descolonizar los museos y rematriar artefactos culturales, reconociendo la importancia de devolver el patrimonio cultural a sus legítimos dueños.
- Absolutely. A vital aspect of undoing colonialism. “ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in uk museums, say mps”.
- Scotland, an active architect of and participant in colonialism around the world, has been doing ongoing work rematriating stolen cultural items. I was just reading through the (well-maintained) running list and it's refreshing to see!
- Thank you . For supporting restitution of cultural belongings translocated during colonialism.