Stories from the Post-Ethnological Museum: Re-Reading Ethnographic Collections Today

The post-ethnological museum no longer regards ethnological collections as archives of ‘foreign cultures’, but as dynamic repositories of knowledge on global relationships. It critically examines their origins and provides new forms of interpretation, cooperation, and authorship. Central to this approach is the dialogue with contemporary art: artistic practices create new ways of engaging with the collections, challenge established meanings, and link them to current social and ecological di...