The whole picture: the colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it

Dixon, Daisy 2021. The whole picture: the colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it. The British Journal of Aesthetics 61 (3) , 395–399. 10.1093/aesthj/ayaa056

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Abstract

We’ve been led to believe that museums are temples of knowledge. The historical ideal of the European museum has been to improve us morally by educating us about the globe’s myriad different cultures, creative practices, and belief systems. We’re taught that museum spaces are neutral: that they represent the world from an ‘objective’ point of view. But we have been lied to.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0007-0904
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2023 12:46
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163861

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