Abstract
On canonisation and colonialism; colonialism and museums; museums and the nation; the imagination of the nation; representing the canon.
Translated title of the contribution | Now or never. On the presentist meaning of museum collections: Inaugural Lecture as the new Chair of Cultural History of the Netherlands, and material culture in particular, for the Royal Antiquities Society |
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Original language | Dutch |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
Publisher | Vossius Pers. |
Number of pages | 40 |
ISBN (Print) | 9056293788 |
Publication status | Published - 29 Oct 2004 |
Bibliographical note
The revised text had been published in 2005 as 'Canon van verschil. Musea en koloniale cultuur in Nederland'.Keywords
- Colonialism
- Museums
- Canon
- Netherlands Indies
- Tropenmuseum
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