Portrait of a young Indian Gentleman : Recontextualizing ethnic objects and images of the colonized
Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: An ethnographic museum and the objects it contains oscillates between two orders of existence. On the day-to-day level, it engages in an unending struggle against the localized chaos housed within its entrails; working to maintain and improve its contents, which are composed of extremely heterogeneous collections, pragmatically organized displays and disparate classifications. Heirs of the « curiosity cabinets » (« cabinets de curiosité »), the collections of kings, princes and distinguished...
Source: Civilisations
Author: João Pacheco de Oliveira
Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Language: English
Subfield: Museology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1986370348