Collections Technology 22 Apr 2021 At the simplest level, “technology” essentially means a “skilled process”. However, Eurocentric bias has meant that the term is overwhelmingly associated with Western narratives of continuing progress. If we can…
Disciplines “Scientific” racism 27 Jan 202127 Jan 2021 Building on the discussion of science in the last post, today’s focus is on so-called “scientific” racism - a discredited body of thought that still seeks to use empiricism to…
Disciplines Science 13 Jan 202119 Jan 2021 At its core, science is a method of knowing and understanding based on empirical findings. When discussed in museums, science tends to be understood as a neutral enterprise, due to…
philosophy Progress 29 Oct 201919 Jan 2021 The notion of a march towards “progress” is perhaps most worth investigating in scientific narratives. Across the natural, medical, physical and techno-sciences, the message that the human species is inevitably…
Museums and Method Neutrality 17 Sep 20193 Mar 2021 This is often invoked as a way of positioning museums as neutral storehouses of knowledge, that sit outside of cultural, social, political and economic debates. However, culture does not exist…
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