ART HISTORY Module 3: Lecture 6 Summary and Peer Response

read five Essential essays listed under Lecture 6 Learning Materials and perform independent research on the term “decolonization.” Then, post in no less than 400 words, an overview of the issue of decolonization in relation to museums. Be sure to mention at least two of the case studies listed below in your summary. Be sure to define decolonization very clearly, e.g. What is it? What isn’t it? What are museums doing to address the history of colonization and empire? After you have posted your summaries, reply to at least two other posts, each time with a 50-60-word response that does more than simply (i) restate, and/or (ii) agree or disagree. Be sure to relevantly extend the discussion (e.g., supplement their ideas as relates to the course readings, or ask a question). CASE STUDIES Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum in Tromso, Norway Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York San Diego Museum of Man British Museum, London Musée Branly, Paris Minnesota Historical Society (Lonetree chapter) Mille Lacs Indian Museum, Onamia, Minnesota (Lonetree chapter) The Australian Museum, Sydney Oakland Museum of California, USA Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland, New Zealand Royal Museum for Central Africa, Brussels THREE ARTICLES TO READ BELOW: Das, S. and Lowe, M., “Nature Read in Black and White: Decolonial approaches to interpreting natural history collections,” Actions Journal of Natural Science Collections, 2018, vol. 6, pp. 4-14. Jilani, S., “How to Decolonize a Museum,” Actions Times Literary Supplement. June 7, 2018. Jacob, Preminda, “Spectres in storage: The colonial legacy of art museums,” Actions Journal of Art Historiography, Number 15, December 2016, pp. 1-10.