Reimagining Scottish Material and Social Networks through the Latin American Collections at the University of Aberdeen Museums and Special Collections

阿伯丁大学的拉丁美洲馆藏是苏格兰所有大学中最大的，也是全苏格兰第三大的（Kwasnik 1994），但研究相对较少，这使得它们成为理解苏格兰和拉丁美洲遭遇的一个被忽视的资源，以及如何使模糊的帝国网络变得明显，然后去殖民化。本研究聚焦于考古、人种学和植物标本馆物品获得的原因和方式，通过苏格兰捐赠者和收藏家、拉丁美洲向导和制造者的生活，以及将他们长期联系在一起的物品，研究了大西洋两岸相互作用和权力关系的失落历史。

The University of Aberdeen Latin American collections are the largest of any Scottish university and third largest in all Scotland (Kwasnik 1994), yet relatively understudied, making them an overlooked resource for understanding Scottish and Latin American encounters and ways to make evident and then decolonise obscure imperial networks. Focusing on the reasons and ways archaeological, ethnographic, and herbarium objects were acquired, this research examines lost histories of transatlantic interactions and power relationships through the lives of Scottish donors and collectors, Latin American guides and makers, and the objects that bind them in long-standing connections that continue to this day.