Islamic heritage versus orthodoxy: Figural painting, musical instruments and wine bowls at the Dutch National Museum of World Cultures
Shahab Ahmed’s What Is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic (2016) challenges anthropologists, Islamic Studies scholars, art historians and museum practitioners to question the theological assumptions underlying conceptions of Islamic art and material culture. This article analyses three object ty...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sage Publ.
2021
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Journal of material culture
Jahr: 2021, Band: 26, Heft: 2, Seiten: 178-200 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Asien
/ Afrika
/ Islam
/ Kulturerbe
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion BJ Islam KBD Beneluxländer ZA Sozialwissenschaften |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Shahab Ahmed
B Islam B Museum B Orthodoxy B Heritage |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Shahab Ahmed’s What Is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic (2016) challenges anthropologists, Islamic Studies scholars, art historians and museum practitioners to question the theological assumptions underlying conceptions of Islamic art and material culture. This article analyses three object types key to Ahmed’s analysis – Islamic figural painting, musical instruments and wine bowls – from the vantage point of the collection of the Dutch National Museum of World Cultures. Based on the author’s experience as Assistant Curator for West Asia and North Africa in 2015–2016 and on exhibition developments up until 2019, Ahmed’s framework is demonstrated as a guide for critical interpretations of exhibitions of Islamic art and material culture. This perspective lays bare a tension that contemporary museums struggle with in response to nationalist pressures to integrate Muslim citizens in Western Europe: between a diverse Islamic heritage, on the one hand, and orthodox desires to materially purify the very idea of Islam, on the other. |
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| ISSN: | 1460-3586 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of material culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1359183521997503 |