Ifugao myths make sense of archeological finds
via Philippine Inquirer, 11 December 2020: Editorial by Stephen Acabado and Marlon Martin on how recent archaeological findings are complementary ...
Tag: colonialism
The policy of extending a country’s physical authority over other people and their territory, usually for economic gain.
Decolonising museums discussed in Malaysian archaeology conference
via The Star, 28 October 2020: The headline screams 'Decolonise Museums' but I suspect it is only picking up on ...
Dutch museums vow to return art looted by colonialists
via The Guardian, 08 October 2020: The Rijksmuseum and Tropenmuseum support a proposed programme to return properties seized during the ...
[Resource] Researching Colonial History of the Malay World like a Millennial
Sharing this amazing resource guide by Simon Soon from the Cultural Centre of the University of Malaya on digital sources ...
Francis Light statue in Penang defaced by vandals
via New Straits Times, 02 July 2020: Perhaps inspired by recent events involving the Black Lives Matter movement, the statue ...
Angkor Wat’s modern history reclaimed from French colonialists, and the cultural politics of Unesco
via South China Morning Post, 31 May 2020: Another review of Michael Falser's Angkor Wat: A Transcultural History of Heritage ...
Decolonizing Museums symposium, 23 March 2020
Readers in Cambridge, Massachusetts may be interested in this symposium on Decolonizing Museums with a perspective from Southeast Asia.
Netherlands returns 1,500 historical artifacts to Indonesia
via Jakarta Post, 07 January 2020: The return of the objects from the Nusantara Museum was reported four years ago.
End of Golden Age: Dutch museum bans term from exhibits
via The Guardian, 13 Sep 2019: Not related to archaeology directly, but museology and representation of the past. The Amsterdam ...
Raffles in Southeast Asia: A multilayered exploration of the man, colonialism and re-looking our past
The bicentennary, Raffles, the discourse of (de)colonisation and rejection of the 'Big Man' myth all come together in this one ...
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