Collecting the Condominium: a comparative analysis of collections from Vanuatu in the ex-colonial countries of Britain and France.

这个项目通过瓦努阿图、英国和法国这两个前殖民强国收藏的民族志收藏品的镜头来研究瓦努阿图、英国和法国之间的纠缠关系。法国和英国的航海家在18世纪到达这个太平洋群岛；库克在1774年将其命名为新赫布里底斯群岛，从1906年到1980年瓦努阿图独立，这个名字在联合殖民管理期间作为共管公寓使用。研究将集中在英国和法国博物馆很少被研究的藏品和档案，以及主要机构的收藏品。这些收藏品将在“非殖民化”辩论的背景下，根据收藏品的情况、收集的材料类型以及两个殖民列强的行政人员、传教士和其他人在收藏品收集方面的相同/不同之处进行审查。将寻求瓦努阿图的观点并分享研究成果，以便在博物馆和来源社区之间建立合作联系。

This project examines the entangled relationship between Vanuatu, Britain and France through the lens of ethnographic collections now held in the two ex-colonial powers. French and British navigators reached the Pacific archipelago in the 18th century; Cook in 1774 named it New Hebrides, a name used during joint colonial administration as a condominium from 1906 until independence in 1980, when Vanuatu was adopted. Research will focus on little-studied collections and archives in museums in Britain and France, as well as on collections in major institutions. These collections will be examined, in the context of 'decolonising' debates, in terms of the circumstances of collection, the types of material collected, and similarities/differences in collecting practices by administrators, missionaries and others from the two colonial powers. Ni-Vanuatu perspectives will be sought and research results shared in order to build collaborative links between museums and source communities.