Cultural Heritage Terminology Network

Working to #decolonise the language of the heritage sector. Moved to Bluesky:

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We have moved to Bluesky https://t.co/lykkESjf2n

[Priya Satia @PriyaSatia]

Thread 1/n: My kids and I were horrified at our recent visit to New York City’s American Museum of Natural History @AMNH . It was mindboggling, after the carefully curated exhibitions at the New-York Historical Society down the street. Is this a museum or a time-capsule? Why are

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[Njobati Sylvie (Sysy) @sylvienjobati]

It was such an honour for me to co-convene and host this great discussion on museums and decolonisation within the context of neocolonialism.

Finding Afro-centric solutions to African issues is definitely my priority.

A big thank you to Regartless formerly known as Sysy House of Fame team and management for giving me the opportunity to support this initiative.

Read more here
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@HopNApple @corinne_fowler It only applies if you are talking about people of Indigenous, African, Asian, or Latin American descent collectively. Such as if you were commenting on their shared experiences of colonialism or racism. Such generalisations should be used sparingly, but they have a purpose

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@corinne_fowler The term itself can be empowering in the right context such as when taking a global perspective, but I don't think it is necessary here to generalise (and homogenise) such a small number of people

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@corinne_fowler "Global majority" has a place but only makes sense to me if these participants are not British nationals. Its use in this article is clunky and unclear, and it does problematically assume race as a defining characteristic without explanation

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Today at 1pm BST: Archival Liberation in and around Palestine with Dr James Lowry! Email [email protected] for the Zoom Link

[Librarians and Archivists with Palestine @Librarians2Pal]

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[HeritagexPalestine @Hxpalestine]

Join us this Friday May 17th at 1pm BST for a talk by Dr James Lowry on "Archival Liberation in and around Palestine"

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[HeritagexPalestine @Hxpalestine]

Join us this Friday May 17th at 1pm BST for a talk by Dr James Lowry on "Archival Liberation in and around Palestine"

https://t.co/4PW8nV8Hkf

[HeritagexPalestine @Hxpalestine]

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