The debate on decolonization in British museums intensifies as objects are removed due to cultural restrictions, with the Pitt Rivers Museum withholding images of an African mask. Universities receive taxpayer funding for decolonization projects, raising concerns about academic freedom. Western museums struggle to repatriate African artifacts looted during colonial times.
Western museums hold countless African artifacts looted during colonial times, and while some are finally coming home, it's an uphill battle. https://t.co/B1mIVSq06u
‘Decolonisation’ is destroying our museums, says Inaya Folarin Iman https://t.co/Ga21vBSOud
"Universities have adopted the need for decolonisation as essential to upholding their inclusive values. This groupthink threatens academic freedom." Almost £1.5 million in taxpayer funding has been awarded to a research project to decolonise folk singing. https://t.co/Fgxq6fcdyn
‘Decolonisation’ is destroying Britain’s museums. Objects are being removed because African tribes don’t want them to be viewed by women. Artworks are being covered up out of respect for Islam. What century is this again?, asks Inaya Folarin Iman https://t.co/Ga21vBSOud
"Institutions have rejected their universalist, educational mission. They’ve succumbed instead to identity politics." Me on the Pitt Rivers Museum withholding images of an African mask because the culture which created it forbids women from seeing it https://t.co/CvNL75rSG6