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12 PART II: Disciplines and Politics 9. REFLEXIVE MUSEOLOGY: Lost and Found In theory Into the Heart of Africa: A reflexive experiment Canonization Irony, postmodernism, and reflexivity Exposing colonial museology and ideology The artist as ironic trickster Postcolonial reflexivity Concluding remarks: Integrating reflexivity and practice Notes References 10. THE ART OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Questioning Contemporary Art in Ethnographic Display The parallel epistemologies of contemporary art andethnographic artifacts The aesthetics of new cultural museums Institutional critique within the ethnographic museum The freedom of the artist in the ethnographic museum? Pasifika Styles The Weltkulturen Museum Art and assemblage in ethnographic museums Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes References 11. CHANGE AND CONTINUITY: Art Museums and the Reproduction of Art-Museumness Transcending elitism: A contradictory desire Merging art and culture: A bridge too far Art museum without walls? Conclusion Note References 12. COOL ART ON DISPLAY: The Saatchi Phenomenon “The Saatchi phenomenon” and neoliberalism Newspeak: British Art Now The cool capitalist shark Coda: The capitalist pyramid Notes References 13. CONTENTIOUS POLITICS AND MUSEUMS AS CONTACT ZONES Contentious politics and museums as contact zones The Poor People’s Campaign: What kind of theory do we need? What is a good theory? Museums as contact zones: Toward a movement-relevant theory? Contentious politics: The National Museum of African American History and Culture Conclusion Notes References 14. EMOTIONS IN THE HISTORY MUSEUM Emotions Emotions in the museum Museums, history, communities, collective identities, and emotions Design as an emotional instrument The use of media Museums using objects for emotional effect Narrative stories Ethical considerations Conclusion Acknowledgments Note References 15. THE PRESENCE OF THE PAST: Imagination and Affect in the Museu do Oriente, Portugal Museums and affect Portuguese national identity and the empire The Museu do Oriente The Portuguese Presence in Asia Captivating artifices Utopian geographies Elusive temporalities Note References 16. TOWARD A PEDAGOGY OF FEELING: Understanding How Museums Create a Space for Cross-Cultural Encounters Genealogy The
