Subhadra Das, Writer of Uncivilised: Ten Lies that Made the West (2024), considers how museums are dealing with the challenge to honestly interpret object provenance linked to empire. She questions if museums lie by omission.
#Empire #Eugenics #Genocide #Loot #Racism #NaturalHistory #Restitution #Decolonisation #Universities
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
Critiquing eugenics
Nullius In Verba (take no one’s word for it)
Do museums lie?
Subhadra’s hopes and fears
Decolonising museums
Advice for the next generation of curators
Hosted by @YasminCurates in conversation with @Sub_das (Insta)/ @littlegaudy (X).
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CREDITS: Host, scriptwriter and editor, Yasmin Khan; Executive Producer, Marie Horner; Composer, Helen A. Wilson; Sound Design, Lucy Dearlove (supported by Lucia Scazzoccio).
SPONSORS: Art South Asia Project and ZVM Rangoonwala Foundation
Recommended resources
Muse-Zine: a playbook for truth-telling in museums (2024), Edited by Yasmin Khan
Uncivilised: Ten Lies that Made the West (2024) by Subhadra Das, Hodder & Stoughton
‘Nature Read in Black and White: Decolonial Approaches to Natural History Collections’ (2018) by Miranda Lowe and Subhadra Das, NatSCA Journal https://natsca.org/sites/default/files/publications/JoNSC-Vol6-DasandLowe2018.pdf