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A Programme of Absolute Disorder : Decolonizing the Museum

A Programme of Absolute Disorder : Decolonizing the MuseumBy: Françoise Vergès

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Product Code: 9780745349619

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Weight .408 kg
Dimensions 16.2 × 2.2 × 24.2 cm

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'A complete overhaul of the Western museum tradition' - Publishers WeeklyThe Western museum is a battleground - a terrain of ideological, political and economic contestation. Almost everyone today wants to rethink the museum, but how many have the audacity to question the idea of the universal museum itself?In A Programme of Absolute Disorder, Françoise Vergès puts the museum in its place. Exploring the Louvre’s history, she uncovers the context in which the universal museum emerged: as a product of colonialism, and of Europe’s self-appointed claim to be the guardian of global heritage. Vergès outlines a radical horizon: to truly decolonize the museum is to implement a 'programme of absolute disorder', inventing other ways of apprehending the human and non-human world that nourish collective creativity and bring justice and dignity to the dispossessed.

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