Decolonising the Museum? Community Experiences in the Periphery of the ICOM Museum Definition

Soares, Bruno Brulon

doi:10.1111/cura.12436

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“…Despite over 75% of the human population and the majority of global biodiversity being concentrated in the Global South (Ceballos & Ehrlich, 2009; Coops et al., 2018; Donald et al., 2019; Keil & Chase, 2019; Population Reference Bureau, 2020), contributory science is dominated by the research priorities of the Global North due to colonial histories (Brulon Soares, 2021; Pettorelli et al., 2021; Trisos et al., 2021). Thus, regional disparities are evident in global science databases.…”

Section: Moving Towards a More Inclusive Fieldmentioning

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A framework for contextualizing social‐ecological biases in contributory science data

Carlen,

Estien,

Caspi

et al. 2024

People and Nature

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Contributory science—including citizen and community science—allows scientists to leverage participant‐generated data while providing an opportunity for engaging with local community members. Data yielded by participant‐generated biodiversity platforms allow professional scientists to answer ecological and evolutionary questions across both geographic and temporal scales, which is incredibly valuable for conservation efforts. The data reported to contributory biodiversity platforms, such as eBird and iNaturalist, can be driven by social and ecological variables, leading to biased data. Though empirical work has highlighted the biases in contributory data, little work has articulated how biases arise in contributory data and the societal consequences of these biases. We present a conceptual framework illustrating how social and ecological variables create bias in contributory science data. In this framework, we present four filters—participation, detectability, sampling and preference—that ultimately shape the type and location of contributory biodiversity data. We leverage this framework to examine data from the largest contributory science platforms—eBird and iNaturalist—in St. Louis, Missouri, the United States, and discuss the potential consequences of biased data. Lastly, we conclude by providing several recommendations for researchers and institutions to move towards a more inclusive field. With these recommendations, we provide opportunities to ameliorate biases in contributory data and an opportunity to practice equitable biodiversity conservation. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Section: Moving Towards a More Inclusive Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

A framework for contextualizing social‐ecological biases in contributory science data

Carlen,

Estien,

Caspi

et al. 2024

People and Nature

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“…Though decolonisation was discussed more broadly in an earlier section, the intersection between decolonial and museum studies literature must be highlighted. There are a number of texts that discuss the intersection between museums and decolonisation (Stanley 2007;Sleeper-Smith 2009;Lonetree 2012;Onciul 2015;Cavanagh and Veracini 2017;Tapsell 2019;Cairns 2020;Pitman 2021;Soares 2021). Onciul focuses largely on the roles that museums can play in the broader decolonisation effort (2015).…”

Section: Decolonisation and Museumsmentioning

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Dreaming of an Eighth Fire Museum Practice: Indigenous voices in the Canadian Museum of History and Te Papa

Bilodeau¹

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Museums and Indigenous peoples have long had a complicated relationship. Though this difficult relationship is well documented, the experiences of individual Indigenous museum practitioners have not been closely examined. Instead, the literature tends to focus on decolonising museums, collections management and repatriation, and museum practice more generally. Studies do not specifically engage with the experiences of individual Indigenous museum practitioners, nor do they delve too deeply into the question of what happens to their voices in museums. Through an exploration of the ways in which Indigenous museum practitioners’ voices appear in the Canadian Museum of History (CMH) and Te Papa, this thesis addresses that gap in the literature. I ask about the connections between Indigenous voices in the museum and the experiences of contemporary Indigenous museum practitioners. Through a framework based on the Anishinaabe Seven Fires Prophecy, this research goes on to revise and expand the field of museum studies by asking what a different future might look like for Indigenous museum practitioners. This research was conducted using qualitative methods. Semi-structured interviews explored questions about the experiences of Indigenous museum practitioners and focused on the ways their voices appear in each museum, as well as their dreams and aspirations for the future of museums and museum practice. Interviews were supplemented with observational research in exhibition spaces. This research is theoretically grounded in critical Indigenous methodologies including Kaupapa Māori, and research as relations and reconciliation. I also employed autoethnography and ethnography to reflect my non-objective role in this research, and action research in order to reflect the research’s forward-looking, change-making nature. I found that Indigenous peoples see their voices appearing in front of house spaces via language, as well as objects and their arrangement. Their voices also influence the operation of these museums through their unique perspectives as Indigenous people. Though they are making differences in museums, Indigenous museum practitioners still have to fight to be heard in many instances. The most poignant finding is that their dreams have positive change-making potential. Based on their dreams, I make recommendations for changes to current professional practice in the sector and contribute academically to the museum studies and Indigenous studies research landscapes through the use of the Seven Fires Prophecy as a framework.

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Curating a Continued Dream: Logistical Power in Nanjing Imperial Examination Museum of China

Luo,

Wang

2023

Critical Arts

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Decolonising the Museum? Community Experiences in the Periphery of the ICOM Museum Definition

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

A framework for contextualizing social‐ecological biases in contributory science data

A framework for contextualizing social‐ecological biases in contributory science data

Dreaming of an Eighth Fire Museum Practice: Indigenous voices in the Canadian Museum of History and Te Papa

Curating a Continued Dream: Logistical Power in Nanjing Imperial Examination Museum of China

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