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Mapping a New Museum seeks to rethink the museum's role in today's politically conscious world. Presenting a selection of innovative projects that have taken place in Latin America over the last year, the book begins to map out possibilities for the future of the global museum.
List of contents
The Museum as Institution - El museo como institución
Jago Cooper & Laura Osorio Sunnucks
Non/Institutional Interventions - Intervenciones no / institucionales
Laura Osorio Sunnucks
- Paths to the Past through Oca'õ, Agõkabuk and Munduruku Material Culture - Pasos al pasado a través de Oca’õ, Agõkabuk y el material cultural Munduruku
Jair Boro Munduruku
- Under the shelter: Archaeology in the Caves of Rurópolis, Amazonia, Brazil - Bajo el refugio: arqueología en las cuevas de Rurópolis, Amazonía, Brasil
Vinicius Honorato
- Colombian Amazon: the Millenary History of Serranía la Lindosa painted on its walls - Amazonia colombiana: la historia milenaria de la Serranía La Lindosa dibujada en sus paredes
Francisco Aceituno, Gaspar Morcote-Ríos, José Iriarte & Mark Robinson
- Assessing Holocene Coastal Environmental Dynamics in North Western Guyana - Evaluando las dinámicas ambientales de la costa del noroeste de Guyana en el Holoceno
Louisa Daggers
- A Review of Guyana’s Amerindian Heritage Month on its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary - Una revisión del Mes del Patrimonio Amerindio de Guyana en su vigésimo quinto aniversario
Romona Bennett
- Afro-Peruvian Zapateo: Ritual, Challenge and Language - Zapateo afroperuano: ritual, desafío y lenguaje
Juan Felipe Miranda Medina & Walter Manrique Cervantes
- Tomorrow: Presidential Message - Mañana: Mensaje presidencial
Nereida Apaza Mamani
- Invisible Homeland, an Artist Residency at the British Museum - Pátria invisible, una residencia artística en el Museo Británico
Nereida Apaza Mamani, Laura Osorio Sunnucks & María de las Mercedes Martínez Milantchí
- Journal of Travel and Tours at the British Museum - Un diario de viajes y recorridos dentro del Museo Británico
Nicolas Grum
- London "A-Z" - Londres "A-Z"
Nereida Apaza Mamani
- Huwe Moshi (Coral Snake) - Huwe Moshi (Serpiente Coral)
Sheroanawe Hakiihiwe
- Untitled - Sin título
Feliciano Lana
- Digital Repatriation of Biocultural Collections: Connecting Scientific and Indigenous Communities of Knowledge in Amazonia - Repatriación digital de colecciones bioculturales: conectando comunidades científicas e indígenas de conocimiento en la Amazonía
Luciana Martins
- Genocide Collections at the British Museum: House of Shadows, Basket of Seeds - Colecciones del genocidio en el Museo Británico: casa de sombras, cesto de semillas
Oscar Román-Jitdutjaaño, Alicia Sánchez, Juan Alvaro Echeverri, Ana Maytik Avirama, Laura Osorio Sunnucks, María de las Mercedes Martínez Milantchí & Maria Fernanda Esteban Palma
- Decolonising the Representation of the Camënsta People at the Museum. Developments in the Bëngbe Benacheng project - Descolonizando la representación del pueblo Camëntsá en el museo. Avances del Proyecto Bëngbe Benacheng
Marcelo Marques Miranda & Jully Acuña Suárez, con el Colectivo Ayentš
- Unfolding Maya Blue - Descubriendo el Azul Maya
Lorena Ancona
- Technological Continuity & Innovation through the Archaeology of Mona Island, Puerto Rico - Continuidad tecnológica e innovación a través de la arqueología en la isla de Mona, Puerto Rico
María de las Mercedes Martínez Milantchí
- Sovereign Practices of a Women’s Agriculture in San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia: "Peanuts taste like heaven to me" - Prácticas soberanas de la agricultura femenina en San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia: "El maní me sabe a cielo"
Amber Henry & Basilia Pérez Márquez
- Shitikari (Skyscape) - Shitikari (Cielo de estrellas)
Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe
Short Epilogue - Breve epílogo
Chris Gosden
About the author
Laura Osorio Sunnucks is Head of the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research. She curated the exhibition "Arts of Resistance: Politics and the Past in Latin America" at the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, and is a Trustee of the UK/Mexican Arts Society.
Jago Cooper is Director of the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research and Head of the Americas Section at the British Museum.
Summary
Mapping a New Museum seeks to rethink the museum’s role in today’s politically conscious world. Presenting a selection of innovative projects that have taken place in Latin America over the last year, the book begins to map out possibilities for the future of the global museum.
