‘Decolonising’ Tropical Collections: Cultural Material from Papua New Guinea in Museums
Museums are western institutions that house the remnants of colonisation. They are fraught institutions in which cultural heritage issues arise due to the differences in western and indigenous societies. Most tropical collections were acquired during colonisation through unjust means by government...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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James Cook University
2023-07-01
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Series: | eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics |
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Online Access: | https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3983 |