Title A Programme of Absolute Disorder : Decolonizing the Museum / Françoise Vergès ; foreword by Paul Gilroy ; translation by Melissa Thackway

Edition English language edition Published London ; Las Vegas, NV : Pluto Press, [2024]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 208 pages) : illustrations Contents 1. A Programme of Absolute Disorder -- 2. The Museum, a Battleground -- 3. The Louvre, Napoleon, Seizure, and the Enslaved -- 4. Black Is the Model, White Is the Frame -- 5. A Museum without Objects -- Epilogue: Decolonial Tactics Summary Proposes a thoroughgoing decolonisation of the institution of the museum, with a focus on the Louvre Notes First published 2023 as Programme de désordre absolu: Décoloniser le musée by La Fabrique Éditions. English language edition first published 2024 by Pluto Press Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 21, 2024) Subject Louvre (Paris, France) Museums -- Curatorship -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History Cultural appropriation -- History Museums and community -- History Decolonization. Postcolonialism. Museums -- Philosophy Museums -- Collection management. collections management. Form Electronic book Author Gilroy, Paul, 1956- writer of foreword. Thackway, Melissa. translator. ISBN 9780745349633 0745349633

Other Titles Programme de désordre absolu. English Decolonizing the museum

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