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Decolonizing The Museum

Decolonizing the Museum is a critical theoretical framework within Museum Anthropology that systematically challenges and reconfigures colonial epistemic, curatorial, and institutional practices by centering Indigenous ontologies, repatriating authority over cultural representation, and redressing historical power asymmetries in museological knowledge production.

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2.8K

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72

Authors

43

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

31

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Publications

68

Decolonizing museums: representing Native America in national and tribal museums

Choice Reviews Online · 2013 · 415 citations

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The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution

Johanna Zetterström‐Sharp · Public Archaeology · 2019 · 225 citations

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Imagining: Creating Spaces for Indigenous Ontologies

Marisa Elena Duarte, Miranda Belarde‐Lewis · Cataloging & Classification Quarterly · 2015 · 173 citations

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Contesting Knowledge: Museums and Indigenous Perspectives

Charles D. Chamberlain · Ethnohistory · 2010 · 111 citations

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The National Museum of the American Indian: critical conversations

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 111 citations

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Authors

72

  1. DP
    Divya P. Tolia‐Kelly

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 114 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. DE
    Darlene E. Clover

    University of Victoria, Canada

    2 publications · 48 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. CW
    Claire Wintle

    University of Brighton, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 51 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. NC
    Njabulo Chipangura

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    2 publications · 50 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. BB
    Bruno Brulon Soares

    Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    2 publications · 29 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

43

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    84 citations

  2. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    107 citations

  3. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  4. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    61 citations

  5. University of Prince Edward Island

    Charlottetown, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  6. University of Bath

    Bath, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. University College London Qatar

    Doha, Qatar

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  8. Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. Museum and Society

    5 publications · 76 citations

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  2. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

    CCQ · 3 publications · 239 citations

    3

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  3. Curator The Museum Journal

    3 publications · 65 citations

    3

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  4. Museum Anthropology

    3 publications · 95 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 634 citations

    3

    h-index

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