TY - JOUR
KW - Cultural Historical Activity Theory
KW - Museology
KW - dialectical critical realism
KW - eco-decolonial
KW - Ontology
KW - Transformation
AU - Tom Jeffery
AB - Museum practice remains rooted in its historical ontology of nature-culture dualism. This article moves beyond this dualism by combining Bhaskar’s dialectical MELD schema with cultural historical activity theory. It therefore provides an iterative, practical pathway towards a new, ecological-decolonial mode of museology that potentially disrupts normalized practice and generates new possibilities for museums to offer people agency. A situated turn for museum practice is thus envisioned, with a focus on people as complex social-ecological entities. Specifically, this involves a dialectical relationship between peoples’ stories, or intangible heritage, and the core museum activity of collecting.
DO - 10.1080/14767430.2022.2031788
M1 - 2
N1 - Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
N2 - Museum practice remains rooted in its historical ontology of nature-culture dualism. This article moves beyond this dualism by combining Bhaskar’s dialectical MELD schema with cultural historical activity theory. It therefore provides an iterative, practical pathway towards a new, ecological-decolonial mode of museology that potentially disrupts normalized practice and generates new possibilities for museums to offer people agency. A situated turn for museum practice is thus envisioned, with a focus on people as complex social-ecological entities. Specifically, this involves a dialectical relationship between peoples’ stories, or intangible heritage, and the core museum activity of collecting.
SP - 170
EP - 195
TI - Towards an eco-decolonial museum practice through critical realism and Cultural Historical Activity Theory
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85126838404&doi=10.1080%2f14767430.2022.2031788&partnerID=40&md5=f59600ac4787959b1b8bfa424d33c072
VL - 21
SN - 14767430 (ISSN)
ER -