Collecting as Ordering or Scattering; Scattering as Destruction
Collecting and scattering may seem like opposites, but they are in fact complementary, interdependent actions. To collect religious art and other objects is also to scatter them. Though collecting can sometimes be virtuous, it is always disruptive to some previous order. Reversing that kind of disru...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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MDPI
2022
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Religions
Année: 2022, Volume: 13, Numéro: 11 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
preservation
B Archaeology B Espèce B yogini B Colonialism B Tamil Nadu B Goddess B Hinduism B Museums B God B collecting B India |
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| Résumé: | Collecting and scattering may seem like opposites, but they are in fact complementary, interdependent actions. To collect religious art and other objects is also to scatter them. Though collecting can sometimes be virtuous, it is always disruptive to some previous order. Reversing that kind of disruption, which occurred on a grand scale during European explorations and colonization of much of the world, is not always possible, but telling the stories of those disruptions is an important first step for museums to take. A next step is to engage in meaningful conversations with places from which objects have been collected. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel13111039 |