Art, Artefact, or 'Curiosity': Revealing the History of Collecting Pre-Columbian Ceramics in UK Museum

艺术、文物或“好奇心”：揭示英国博物馆收藏前哥伦布时期陶瓷的历史

• 批准号: 2879604
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Sussex
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2879604
• 关键词: Art; Artefact; Curiosity; Revealing; History

Pre-Columbian ceramics, notably those from Peru, are found in museums of all sizes across the UK. Whilst Britain had little formal colonial jurisdiction in South America, it nevertheless exploited its natural assets and removed its cultural heritage. This research examines patterns of ceramic collecting within this imperialist context and what it reveals about museum histories more broadly. It links existing fractional sources with data generated through a new national survey to reveal trends in collecting praxes, cataloguing taxonomies, and curatorial proclivities. Museum documentation, exhibitions, and publications, as well as external sources, such as press and other reports, will be analysed for evidence of colonial privilege, racist narratives, and problematic provenance. Thus, this timely research will test the efficacy of data as a tool both to challenge assumptions and facilitate decolonising practice, thereby repositioning these ceramics within the 21st-century museum.

前哥伦布时期的陶瓷，特别是来自秘鲁的陶瓷，在英国各地的各种规模的博物馆中都有发现。虽然英国在南美洲几乎没有正式的殖民管辖权，但它仍然开发了其自然资产并消除了其文化遗产。本研究考察了在帝国主义背景下陶瓷收藏的模式，以及它更广泛地揭示了博物馆历史。它将现有的部分来源与通过一项新的全国调查产生的数据联系起来，以揭示收集实践、分类和策展倾向的趋势。将分析博物馆文件、展览和出版物以及媒体和其他报道等外部来源，以寻找殖民特权、种族主义叙事和有问题的出处的证据。因此，这项及时的研究将测试数据作为工具的有效性，以挑战假设并促进非殖民化实践，从而在21世纪的博物馆中重新定位这些陶瓷。