The Slow Death of the Diorama: Tribal and Ethnographic Museums in India since Independence
The Slow Death of the Diorama: Tribal and Ethnographic Museums in India since Independence
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立体模型的缓慢消亡：独立以来印度的部落和民族博物馆
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10.1080/00856401.2024.2314424
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2024
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在殖民时期，立体模型通常被用来描绘印度不同的民族。他们通过在农村环境中进行典型活动的石膏模型来描绘人类的本质类型，并可以追溯到在加尔各答，德里和伦敦举行的世界博览会上的人类展览。自印度独立以来，印度一直在努力摆脱殖民主义的刻板印象，并使政府资助的博物馆非殖民化。与此同时，阿迪瓦西艺术家正在寻找自己的出路，走出博物馆的策展限制。本文描述了印度博物馆学如何仍在努力驱除维多利亚博物馆的幽灵和印度自己内部的殖民主义。
During colonial times, dioramas were commonly used to portray the diverse peoples of India. They depicted essentialised human types through plaster models in rural settings, engaged in typical activities, and dated back to the exhibition of human beings in universal expositions held in Calcutta, Delhi and London. Since Independence, there have been determined efforts to move away from colonial stereotypes and to decolonise government-funded museums in India. Meanwhile, Adivasi artists are finding their own way out of the curatorial confines of the museum. This paper describes how Indian museology still struggles to exorcise the ghosts of the Victorian museum and India’s own internal colonialism.