Abstract

How museums engage with inclusive representation has become a pressing issue since the late 1980s, with communities asking for fairer and more inclusive museum representations, practices, and environments. However, the ways that museums and their communities respond to inclusiveness is very different depending on the region. This paper explores what inclusion and pluralism translate to in museums of the Middle East and North Africa, a region fractured by colonialism, wars, authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism and economic pressures.

Presenters

Virginie Rey
Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia

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Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Representations

KEYWORDS

MIDDLE EAST, MUSOEOLOGIES, PLURALISM, INCLUSION

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