Competitive grant from the Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics, UK.
Honour / Award Title
Competitive grant from the Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics, UK.
Awardee
Honour/Award Category
Humanities
Date
January 1, 2022
Description
De-Colonizing Archaeology-Related Photographic Archives (Jan 2022-Dec2023)
This project aims to critically examine different photographic archives in archaeological museums in Cyprus and the UK and make policy suggestions on how these archives can be “de-colonialized” and be given new affordances. The originality of the project lies in the fact that decolonization practices in the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) sector are still lagging in Cyprus. While the island became independent 60 years ago, several colonial structures are still in place; i.e. legislation, buildings, museums, libraries, and archives. Decolonization as a political process has been extensively addressed by established academics and new researchers, however discussion on the theory and process of decolonizing the photographic archives of museums - or the museums themselves - is still relatively new.
More info here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Hellenic-Observatory/Research/Cyprus-Projects-2021-2022/De-colonizing-Archaeology-related-photographic-archives
This project aims to critically examine different photographic archives in archaeological museums in Cyprus and the UK and make policy suggestions on how these archives can be “de-colonialized” and be given new affordances. The originality of the project lies in the fact that decolonization practices in the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) sector are still lagging in Cyprus. While the island became independent 60 years ago, several colonial structures are still in place; i.e. legislation, buildings, museums, libraries, and archives. Decolonization as a political process has been extensively addressed by established academics and new researchers, however discussion on the theory and process of decolonizing the photographic archives of museums - or the museums themselves - is still relatively new.
More info here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Hellenic-Observatory/Research/Cyprus-Projects-2021-2022/De-colonizing-Archaeology-related-photographic-archives