Searches for new methodologies and theories of exhibitionary practice for postcolonial agendas, including a proposal for ways to display African arts, particularly from Guinea, in relation to performance (Cohen), a satirical but serious performance-intervention that recalls nineteenth century displays of non-Western peoples (Sakamoto), and the ways that museums as well as state officials have a stake in the exhibitionary construction of cultural and technological narratives in Tamil Nadu, India (Jeychandran).
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