Re-placer les objets : Pratiques historiques pour la deuxième ère des musées
The historical analysis of the evolution of Canadian anthropology museums as well as the evolution of their attitudes with regard to the First Nations objects has led to a re-examination of the force of the contestations of the 1980-90’s. From a postcolonial perspective, this means returning respons...
| Published in: | Culture & musées |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | French |
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Avignon Université
2016
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4000/culturemusees.838 http://journals.openedition.org/culturemusees/838 |
| Summary: | The historical analysis of the evolution of Canadian anthropology museums as well as the evolution of their attitudes with regard to the First Nations objects has led to a re-examination of the force of the contestations of the 1980-90’s. From a postcolonial perspective, this means returning responsability to communities and sometimes also full ownership of the artefacts that in their opinion was wrongfully displayed to the public in the museums born from the requirement of the visibility of knowledge. The author calls for a radical aggiornamento of 19h and 20thcenturies Canadian museums, at the cost of depleting part of their collections which also means that these objects could disappear. Leaving the visible world to join the invisible one, these objects are relocated and recontextualized in situ. The possible sacrifice of the aesthetic and academic interest of certain pieces that would disappear is not to be underrated and could lead to a devaluation of Aboriginal art. But this is the price to be paid both for the recognition of the values of difference, andfor an ethics of the new age of museums. L’analyse historique de l’évolution des musées canadiens d’anthropologie et de leurs attitudes face aux objets des Premières nations conduit à mettre en évidence le poids des contestations des décennies 1980-1990. Dans une perspective postcoloniale, il s’agit de restituer aux communautés leur responsabilité, et parfois leur pleine propriété, à l’égard d’artefacts qu’elles jugent indûment placés sous les regards de tous dans les musées issus de l’impératif de la visibilité de la science. L’auteure plaide pour un aggiornamento radical des musées canadiens des XIXe et XXe siècles au prix de sorties d’une partie de leurs collections qui sont aussi autant de disparitions. Passant du monde du visible pour rejoindre celui de l’invisible, ces objets sont relocalisés et recontextualisés in situ. Le sacrifice éventuel de l’intérêt tant esthétique que scientifique de certaines pièces, désormais disparues, n’est pas ... |
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