Iziko South African Museum: |Qe: The Power of Rock Art
February 7, 2019

Iziko South African Museum: |Qe: The Power of Rock Art

This week I will be exploring the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town, South Africa and the Museum’s attempt at decolonizing a controversial and culturally damaging exhibit space in the post-apartheid period. The Iziko South African Museum (SAM) is one of an amalgamation of …

Articles, History and Culture, Reviews
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Maasai Community Members Work to Decolonize Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum
December 4, 2018

Maasai Community Members Work to Decolonize Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum

The Maasai have been part of a process of cultural decolonization at Oxford’s famous Pitt Rivers Museum. The Living Cultures initiative is a collaboration between the museum, a Maasai community based campaign group called Oltoilo Le Maa, and community development organization InsightShare.  This initiative began …

Articles, History and Culture, Museums in the News
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by Amanda S. Wall
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