{"product_id":"a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-decolonizing-the-museum-hardcover","title":"A Programme of Absolute Disorder: Decolonizing the Museum - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrançoise Vergès\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Gilroy\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eMelissa Thackway\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A complete overhaul of the Western museum tradition\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An impressive critique of the universal museum as complicit in the damages inflicted by colonial power\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eIsaac Julien, artist and filmmaker \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Should fascinate anyone interested \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ein social justice, post-colonialism and the arts\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Euronews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Powerful and so relevant\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Diacritik\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Western museum is a battleground-a terrain of ideological, political and economic contestation. Almost everyone today wants to rethink the museum, but how many have the audacity to question the idea of the universal museum itself? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Programme of Absolute Disorder\u003c\/i\u003e, Fran?oise Verg?s puts the museum in its place. Exploring the Louvre's history, she uncovers the context in which the universal museum emerged: as a product of colonialism, and of Europe's self-appointed claim to be the guardian of global heritage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Verg?s outlines a radical horizon: to truly decolonize the museum is to implement a \"programme of absolute disorder\", inventing other ways of apprehending the human and non-human world that nourish collective creativity and bring justice and dignity to the dispossessed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFran?oise Verg?s\u003c\/b\u003e is a political scientist, activist, historian, film writer, and public educator. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Decolonial Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Feminist History of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also a senior research fellow at the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation, University College London. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Françoise Vergès is a political scientist, activist, historian, film producer and public educator. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Decolonial Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Feminist History of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eA Programme of Absolute Disorder\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also a senior research fellow at the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation, UCL. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Melissa Thackway is an independent researcher and translator. She lectures in African Cinema at Sciences-Po and INALCO in Paris. Her recent translations include \u003ci\u003eA Feminist Theory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e by Françoise Vergès, \u003ci\u003eContemporary African Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e by Olivier Barlet, \u003ci\u003eTropical Dream Palaces: Cinema-Going in Colonial West Africa\u003c\/i\u003e by Odile Goerg and \u003ci\u003eAfrican Diasporic Cinema: Aesthetics of Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e by Daniela Ricci. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750602309920,"sku":"9780745349619","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/63338e503267ed24521448355af30b65.webp?v=1779954403","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-decolonizing-the-museum-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}