Representing the Stolen Generations in the National Museum of Australia
The removal of Indigenous children from their parents has been part of the colonising relations of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people since the earliest days of the British occupation of Australia. The National Museum of Australia is beginning the process of developing a collection of objects t...
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doaj-ba4ea7f0da7c4fed97d024a887795e632020-11-25T01:29:09ZengUniversitat de BarcelonaCoolabah1988-59462009-06-013243410.1344/co2009324-34Representing the Stolen Generations in the National Museum of AustraliaDr Jay Arthur0National Museum of AustraliaThe removal of Indigenous children from their parents has been part of the colonising relations of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people since the earliest days of the British occupation of Australia. The National Museum of Australia is beginning the process of developing a collection of objects that will enable it to tell this significant story. The paper will look at this curatorial process of ‘remembering’. It will cover such issues as the structure of the Museum; the particular nature of the Indigenous section and its aims; the contested identity of an Indigenous object; relationships established between Museum staff and the community; the ‘implied contract’ of trust established with this community in order to tell their stories; and the ‘object as witness’ and the ‘object as betrayer’.http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/coolabah/article/view/15721/18836Stolen Generations: museum objectIndigenous exhibitsexhibition curatorsNational Museum of Australia |
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The removal of Indigenous children from their parents has been part of the
colonising relations of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people since the earliest days of
the British occupation of Australia. The National Museum of Australia is beginning the
process of developing a collection of objects that will enable it to tell this significant
story.
The paper will look at this curatorial process of ‘remembering’. It will cover such issues
as the structure of the Museum; the particular nature of the Indigenous section and its
aims; the contested identity of an Indigenous object; relationships established between
Museum staff and the community; the ‘implied contract’ of trust established with this
community in order to tell their stories; and the ‘object as witness’ and the ‘object as
betrayer’. |
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Stolen Generations: museum object Indigenous exhibits exhibition curators National Museum of Australia |
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