Curatorial Practices of the ‘Global’: Toward a Decolonial Turn in Museums in Berlin and Hamburg?

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Curatorial Practices of the ‘Global’: Toward a Decolonial Turn in Museums in Berlin and Hamburg? / Gaupp, Lisa; Abramjan, Anna; Akinay, Frida Mervecan et al.
In: Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2020, p. 107-138.

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Harvard

Gaupp, L, Abramjan, A, Akinay, FM, Hilgert, K, Mulder, AC, Schmidt, R, Schnitzler, V, Thurich, O, Tiemon, L, Wurl, S & Zimmermann, M 2020, 'Curatorial Practices of the ‘Global’: Toward a Decolonial Turn in Museums in Berlin and Hamburg?', Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 107-138. https://doi.org/10.14361/zkmm-2020-0205

APA

Gaupp, L., Abramjan, A., Akinay, F. M., Hilgert, K., Mulder, A. C., Schmidt, R., Schnitzler, V., Thurich, O., Tiemon, L., Wurl, S., & Zimmermann, M. (2020). Curatorial Practices of the ‘Global’: Toward a Decolonial Turn in Museums in Berlin and Hamburg? Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy, 6(2), 107-138. https://doi.org/10.14361/zkmm-2020-0205

Vancouver

Gaupp L, Abramjan A, Akinay FM, Hilgert K, Mulder AC, Schmidt R et al. Curatorial Practices of the ‘Global’: Toward a Decolonial Turn in Museums in Berlin and Hamburg? Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy. 2020;6(2):107-138. doi: 10.14361/zkmm-2020-0205

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abstract = "Who decides what is included in the contemporary canon of {\textquoteleft}global arts{\textquoteright}? This empirical mixed-methods study examines how different notions of the {\textquoteleft}global{\textquoteright} are curated in so-called {\textquoteleft}global{\textquoteright} visual arts in two German museums. Decolonial aesthetics, postcolonial thought, and the provenance of exhibition objects have challenged the legitimacy of German museums and have triggered a debate on their Eurocentric perspective, their situatedness, the differentiation between artefact and artwork, and the reproduction of colonial thinking and patterns of domination. Although a critical turn in current curatorial practice can be observed, it is not clear whether this change is the result of a genuine effort to decolonize art organizations. In this regard, the potentials, restrictions and applications of academic concepts such as “anti-racist” or “postcolonial curating” are discussed. This study found indications of a decolonial turn in a predominantly White European curatorial practice and emphasizes the need for further changes to this context.",
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