Decolonising Representation and Identity: Museums as political actors in post-conflict Cyprus.

拟议的博士学位的目的是通过将塞浦路斯作为比较研究的案例来研究博物馆，民族主义和身份之间的关系。它提出探索博物馆与身份之间的关系，既是当地的政治进程，也是塞浦路斯分裂殖民主义的制度残余。因此，它不仅旨在研究它们的历史和制度变化，而且还通过殖民镜头将博物馆视为具有潜力的空间。因此，总体目标是双重的：1)揭示南北博物馆中相互冲突的历史和身份的使用和构建；2)从非殖民主义的角度研究博物馆的功能，而不是将当前塞浦路斯的身份视为严格和冲突的二元。博士学位将打算产生上述目标，并通过以下研究问题在岛上不同的博物馆叙事中创建对话路径：在岛上的二元身份中，博物馆作为政治行动者和知识生产者的过去和现在的角色究竟是什么？此外，他们如何将自己的观点去殖民化，通过更具包容性的历史和考古叙述来吸引不同的受众，从而帮助塞浦路斯的和平建设进程？通过塞浦路斯的案例，研究涉及到更大的问题，即身份异化和包容性代表实践。

The aim of the proposed PhD is to examine the relationship between museums, nationalism, and identity by takingCyprus as a case for comparative research. It proposes to explore the relation between museums and identity both aslocalised political processes, and as institutional remnants of a divisive colonialism within Cyprus. As such it aims to notonly research their histories and institutional changes, but to also see the museums as spaces of potentiality through adecolonial lens. The overall goal is thereby twofold: 1) to unravel the uses and constructions of conflicting history andidentity within the museums in the North and South comparatively and 2) to research the affordances of museums whenseen from a decolonial lens that does not essentialise the current Cypriot identities as a strict and conflicting binary. ThePhd will intend to generate the above goals and create a dialogical path within the varied museum narratives in the islandthrough the following research questions: What exactly is the past and current role of museums as political actors and asknowledge producers within the binary of identities in the island? And, how can they decolonise their perspectives toengage with a diverse audience through more inclusive narratives of history and archeology that will assist the peacebuilding processes in Cyprus? Through the Cyprus case, the research engages with the larger questions ofdisessentialising identity and inclusive representation practices.