South Asian University presents "Museums and the Present: Issues of Community, Locality and Contextual Relevance" a talk by Dr. Karen Exell at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 6th August 2015

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 06/08/2015 18:30 06/08/2015 20:00 Asia/Kolkata South Asian University presents "Museums and the Present: Issues of Community, Locality and Contextual Relevance" a talk by Dr. Karen Exell Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/08/south-asian-university-presents-museums.html Seminar Rooms I, II & III, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Seminar Rooms I, II & III, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : South Asian University presents "Museums and the Present: Issues of Community, Locality and Contextual Relevance" a talk by Dr. Karen Exell.

Speaker: Dr. Karen Exell, Lecturer in Museum Studies and Programme Director of the Masters Program in Museum and Gallery Practice, University College London, Qatar campus. Her recent 
publications include the co-edited volume, Heritage Debates in the Arabian Peninsula (Ashgate, 2014); and the forthcoming monograph, Museums in the Arabian Peninsula: Globalisation and the Politics of Representation (working title)

Museums were developed in many parts of the world during the colonial period to ‘visualise and objectify’ the colonised people and country for the coloniser, as Sheila Bhatti has argued in relation to the Lahore Museum. Following decolonisation the perception has remained amongst local communities that these ‘colonial’ museums are irrelevant to their contemporary concerns. Using models from a variety of countries this lecture argues that museums in post-colonial countries such as India have the opportunity to significantly enrich the lives of their local communities through creative interventions, and to realign these museums with contemporary socio-political concerns.

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