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This project attempts to unpack the idea of decolonisation specifically through the use of language as a tool. It attempts to shift the onus of decolonisation solely from the museum to the visitor and is an inquiry into how one can uncover colonial narratives in museums that do not openly address them.
COURSE
INSTITUTE
YEAR
ROLE[S]
GUIDANCE
Design Research
Royal Academy of Arts, (KABK)
The Hague
2023
Research
Publication Design
Copywriting
Print Production
Benjamin Earl, Marthe Prins
Faculty
During the course, research was not used as a tool to identify possible graphic design interventions. It was conducted in an approach driven purely by curiosity, redefining it as an outcome rather than a step in the process.
It was crucial to understand the inception of the museum as an entity, its political and social backing to know why it is important to address their colonial legacies today.
The research was then distilled into a publication comprising of ten essays addressing the non-academic visitor. Each essay poses a question and uses the research to answer it.
View the digital publication here →
In its concluding essay, the guide provides a framework to the visitor that might help them view museum narratives more critically.
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