Konflikter, medling och det koloniala arvet: En postkolonial studie av hur ursprungsbefolkningarna skildras i museiutställningarna Arktis och Americans
(2026) ABMM74 20261Division of ALM, Digital Cultures and Publishing Studies
- Abstract
- Colonialism is a historical process that still affects us today. Museums, especially those with ethnographical collections, are beginning to be affected by an increasing amount of activism regarding these collections, from both within and outside. National minorities affected by a co-lonial past, have over the last decade started to increasingly demand their right to be included in the historical and national narrative, also highlighting the museums responsibility in the matter. In this thesis, I will as a result of this debate, analyse one museological exhibition at The National Museum of Copenhagen, as well as one at The National Museum of the American Indian´s digital website. My method for conducting this study is an exhibition... (More)
- Colonialism is a historical process that still affects us today. Museums, especially those with ethnographical collections, are beginning to be affected by an increasing amount of activism regarding these collections, from both within and outside. National minorities affected by a co-lonial past, have over the last decade started to increasingly demand their right to be included in the historical and national narrative, also highlighting the museums responsibility in the matter. In this thesis, I will as a result of this debate, analyse one museological exhibition at The National Museum of Copenhagen, as well as one at The National Museum of the American Indian´s digital website. My method for conducting this study is an exhibition analysis of Arctic and Americans, in which I, through the lense of the “critical” museum visitor, analyse how the Native American and Inuit cultures are portrayed in these exhibitions. The results of the analysis have shown that for exhibitions depicting an indigenous population and containing objects with a colonial provenance, the metanarrative is a significant factor in how the indigenous population is represented. The results have also shown that a comparative analysis between a digital and an analog exhibition is possible. Furthermore, it has also demonstrated how the colonial relationship in Arctic and Americans is portrayed through conflicts and “female mediators”, as well as how important it is to connect the indigenous population to a shared narrative with the majority population. This has been shown throughout the study to have a decolonizing character and to emphasize the importance of the indigenous population in the national narrative. (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, Samuel LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Conflicts, mediation and the colonial legacy: A postcolonial study on the depiction of indigenous populations in the museological exhibitions Arctic and Americans
- course
- ABMM74 20261
- year
- 2026
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Museum, museology, colonialism, exhibition, exhibition analysis, Greenland, Denmark, United States, Inuit, Native American, critical museum visitor, imagined museum visitor, metanarrative, postcolonialism, National Museum of Copenhagen, National Museum of the Native American, Arctic, Americans Museum, museologi, kolonialism, utställning, utställningsanalys, Grönland, Danmark, U.S.A, Inuiterna, nordamerikanska ursprungsbefolkningen, kritisk museibesökare, föreställd museibesökare, metanarrativ, postkolonialism, Nationalmuseet i Köpenhamn, Arktis, Americans
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9249496
- date added to LUP
- 2026-09-28 12:03:21
- date last changed
- 2026-09-28 12:03:21
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abstract = {{Colonialism is a historical process that still affects us today. Museums, especially those with ethnographical collections, are beginning to be affected by an increasing amount of activism regarding these collections, from both within and outside. National minorities affected by a co-lonial past, have over the last decade started to increasingly demand their right to be included in the historical and national narrative, also highlighting the museums responsibility in the matter. In this thesis, I will as a result of this debate, analyse one museological exhibition at The National Museum of Copenhagen, as well as one at The National Museum of the American Indian´s digital website. My method for conducting this study is an exhibition analysis of Arctic and Americans, in which I, through the lense of the “critical” museum visitor, analyse how the Native American and Inuit cultures are portrayed in these exhibitions. The results of the analysis have shown that for exhibitions depicting an indigenous population and containing objects with a colonial provenance, the metanarrative is a significant factor in how the indigenous population is represented. The results have also shown that a comparative analysis between a digital and an analog exhibition is possible. Furthermore, it has also demonstrated how the colonial relationship in Arctic and Americans is portrayed through conflicts and “female mediators”, as well as how important it is to connect the indigenous population to a shared narrative with the majority population. This has been shown throughout the study to have a decolonizing character and to emphasize the importance of the indigenous population in the national narrative.}},
author = {{Johansson, Samuel}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Konflikter, medling och det koloniala arvet: En postkolonial studie av hur ursprungsbefolkningarna skildras i museiutställningarna Arktis och Americans}},
year = {{2026}},
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