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- Mar 2025
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journals.openedition.org journals.openedition.org
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Unlike the kinds of museum practices and outreach that have occurred in American and British museums since the 1980s (including the involvement of Native communities in the staging and/or repatriation of their artifacts), the acritical embrace of ongoing fictions such as the “spiritual,” “mysterious” Other speaks to a reticence to come to terms with the colonialist past, as well as its ongoing legacy in the Parisian banlieues.
This phrase clarifies a comparison between museum practices in different countries and how postcolonial concerns have been addressed.
- "Museum practices and outreach" I think this refers to the way how museums engage with visitors and present their collections.
"Staging and/or repatriation" - Indigenous people's voices and cultures are being narrated in museums.
- "Involvement of Native communities " Indicating a shift to more collaborative approaches that appreciate Native people's artifacts as much as their own Western cultural heritage.
"Since the 1980s" Why specifically "since the 1980s"?
- "The acritical embrace of ongoing fictions such as the "spiritual,""mysterious" Other speaks to..."
- Use of 'Ongoing fictions' could suggest accepting how the Native narrative have historical roots.
- Capitalized 'Other'
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