Individual Allyship and Institutional Complicity in the Realm of Decolonial Initiatives in the British Arts Sector

这个项目在英国艺术界的非殖民主义倡议的背景下调查盟友的形象。在一个以白人为主的地区，这可以被定义为“非殖民化转向”，盟友的角色对于理解博物馆如何看待他们（过去和现在）参与殖民项目至关重要。该研究通过对伦敦艺术机构样本中的白人工作人员进行定性研究，考察了这种矛盾是如何在个人层面上展开的，以揭示参与者的自我理解以及他们的价值观与所属机构所占据的立场之间的关系。

This project investigates the figure of the ally in the context of decolonial initiatives in the British art world. In what could be defined as 'decolonial turn' within an overwhelmingly white sector, the role of the ally is crucial to understand how museums reckon with their (past and ongoing) participation in the colonial project. The study examines how such contradictions unfold at an individual level through qualitative research conducted with white members of staff within a sample of London-based art institutions, to uncover participants' self-understandings and the relationship between their values and the stances occupied by their institutions of belonging.