Dashboard Lite

Decolonising Glams

In recent years GLAMs across North America, Australia, and Europe have been pushed to consider their colonial contexts and decolonise their instutions. However, what does it mean to decolonise?

"The Washington Post defines it as “a process that institutions undergo to expand the perspectives they portray beyond those of the dominant cultural group, particularly white colonizers.” Whereas, the Abbe Museum in Maine take a stronger approach by incorporating it into their Strategic plan and defining it as “at a minimum, sharing authority for the documentation and interpretation of Native culture.” - Museum Next