Défense et illustration du Musée d’Ethnographie. Repairing Ethnography and exploring the notion of “French” American Collections through museum genealogies
This article brings together four episodes of French 19th century museal history through which to explore the tensions inherent to incorporating the (material) culture of others – in this case Pre-Columbian America – into national collections, and the process through which they become part of a nati...
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Alma Diamond, University of Bologna
2025-03-01
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| description | This article brings together four episodes of French 19th century museal history through which to explore the tensions inherent to incorporating the (material) culture of others – in this case Pre-Columbian America – into national collections, and the process through which they become part of a national patrimoine. As a guiding thread, we use not a particular collection but the idea of “American French collections” and their association to a specific type of national institution that used them abundantly in its historical genealogy: the idea of a “French national museum of ethnography.” We offer a historical panorama where Amerindian and Pre-Columbian French collections found themselves at the heart of several debates regarding the definition and function of the museum and during which the need to “repair” – either an object, a national institution or a concept – was invoked. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ba85629145034fef89df14ac5281eb342025-08-20T03:43:57ZengAlma Diamond, University of BolognaMuseum, Materials and Discussions3034-96992025-03-0121659310.6092/issn.3034-9699/2158919967Défense et illustration du Musée d’Ethnographie. Repairing Ethnography and exploring the notion of “French” American Collections through museum genealogiesSusana Stüssi Garcia0Independent researcherThis article brings together four episodes of French 19th century museal history through which to explore the tensions inherent to incorporating the (material) culture of others – in this case Pre-Columbian America – into national collections, and the process through which they become part of a national patrimoine. As a guiding thread, we use not a particular collection but the idea of “American French collections” and their association to a specific type of national institution that used them abundantly in its historical genealogy: the idea of a “French national museum of ethnography.” We offer a historical panorama where Amerindian and Pre-Columbian French collections found themselves at the heart of several debates regarding the definition and function of the museum and during which the need to “repair” – either an object, a national institution or a concept – was invoked.https://mmdjournal.unibo.it/article/view/21589ethnographical museumspre-columbian artfrench national collectionsaméricanismee.t. hamy |
| spellingShingle | Susana Stüssi Garcia Défense et illustration du Musée d’Ethnographie. Repairing Ethnography and exploring the notion of “French” American Collections through museum genealogies Museum, Materials and Discussions ethnographical museums pre-columbian art french national collections américanisme e.t. hamy |
| title | Défense et illustration du Musée d’Ethnographie. Repairing Ethnography and exploring the notion of “French” American Collections through museum genealogies |
| title_full | Défense et illustration du Musée d’Ethnographie. Repairing Ethnography and exploring the notion of “French” American Collections through museum genealogies |
| title_fullStr | Défense et illustration du Musée d’Ethnographie. Repairing Ethnography and exploring the notion of “French” American Collections through museum genealogies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Défense et illustration du Musée d’Ethnographie. Repairing Ethnography and exploring the notion of “French” American Collections through museum genealogies |
| title_short | Défense et illustration du Musée d’Ethnographie. Repairing Ethnography and exploring the notion of “French” American Collections through museum genealogies |
| title_sort | defense et illustration du musee d ethnographie repairing ethnography and exploring the notion of french american collections through museum genealogies |
| topic | ethnographical museums pre-columbian art french national collections américanisme e.t. hamy |
| url | https://mmdjournal.unibo.it/article/view/21589 |
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