{"id":34725,"date":"2021-11-04T16:47:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event&p=34725"},"modified":"2022-08-18T09:16:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T07:16:53","slug":"decoding-the-museum","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/discourse\/decoding-the-museum-34725\/","title":{"rendered":"Decoding the Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the process of transforming museums and archives into more accessible spaces, digital\u202ftools\u202fhave been widely embraced. Digitization appeals with the idea of open access and a (supposedly) free and democratic way to receive and share information about collections, objects, and their histories.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thereby it gives transparency to data that has historically been reserved for so-called experts only,\u202fshifting\u202fthe museum\u202foutwards\u202finto an open digital space where people can actively participate.<\/p>\n

Frequently neglected, have however been the dangers and problems of digitization. The digital\u202frealm is not a neutral space but\u202fhas\u202fexplicit biases and racialized and gendered structures\u202fcurated\u202finto its data and algorithms. More so,\u202fthe taxonomic practices of museums have been encoded into digital databases from\u202fthe archives, reproducing the colonial ways of ordering and cataloging the world that they inhabit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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‘99\u00a0Questions\u00a0on\u00a0Digitalization<\/em>‘ revisits the\u202fDigital as a contested, yet also potential space for future museum practices.
\nThe discussion emerges with a key lecture by Dr. Temi Odumosu titled ‘Colonial\u00a0JPEGs\u00a0and\u00a0haunted code: Historical redress\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0open digital\u00a0commons<\/em>‘. Drawing on research in the context of Nordic photographic collections, Odumosu asks ‘what it means for African cultural resources to dematerialize and become data?’ The impulse is followed by reverberating responses and an open discussion with Dr. Anne Luther, founder of the Institute for Digital Heritage and principal investigator of Digital Benin, Osaisonor Godfrey Ekhator-Obogie, principal researcher in Digital Benin, Chao Tayiana and Molemo Moiloa, founders of “Open Restitution Africa” and current fellows of the ‘99 Questions<\/em>‘ residency program.<\/p>\n

Moderation<\/strong>
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