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I find this discussion really helpful, I have to start my history thesis soon and you guys have given me a great direction to follow! Thanks
Shifting a white-only perspective
The initiative started six years ago, but took a back seat until Rijksmuseum’s mammoth 10-year renovation project was completed in 2013. Gosselink says that the museum had in the past received complaints that artwork descriptions, some which date as far back as 1910, were written from a purely white perspective.
“We had a text saying that Australia was discovered by a European man, but we all know that obviously Australia had existed for millions of years before any Europeans went there,” says Gosselink.
However, far from erasing all traces of original titles and descriptions, Rijksmuseum will archive them so that the public can still access them if they wanted to.
“It’s not a matter of whitewashing our Dutch history, we do think that old colonial terms are also part of it,” says Gosselink.
The Rijksmuseum, which is one of the world’s leading art institutions, is working with representatives of indigenous groups and civil society organizations to come up with the most appropriate terms to use.
“We would not want to change anything without their permission,” says Gosselink.
This is something I’ve been pushing for since I began this project, and I’m glad to see that it’s finally starting to catch on with influential institutions like the Rijksmuseum, whose immense online collection and digital archives have helped bring amazing content to MPoC.
The language used in the article leaves a bit to be desired, since titling artworks with racial slurs should never have been a thing in the first place. But I do think that leaving the former titles archived as evidence of institutional racism encourages accountability and helps show a changing narrative, rather than erasing all traces of the changes.
The way artworks are indexed and the terms attached to them in databases heavily influence the way we think about them, and the way we process information and context. Hopefully this will not only be a more accurate way to organize these works, but will also make them easier to find for those who’ve been searching for them.
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#CONFESSION
I was a legit secret Belieber until #PURPOSE came out.... Now I'm just like #Sorry....
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Good music never hurt anyone! #saturdayvibes #crazy #purple #music #laugh #idontcare #selfie #headphones #me #potd #pictureoftheday
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Good music never hurt anyone! #saturdayvibes #crazy #purple #music #laugh #idontcare #selfie #headphones #me #potd #pictureoftheday
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I think I'll be brave, starting with you.....
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Me going back to school like
Math: 113+4x+31=?
Me: 1989?
English: Write an essay?
Me: Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago...
Science: If chemicals get into your eye, what should you do?
Me: SHAKE IT OFF!
History: What happened in 1989?
Me: Taylor Swift was born
Physical Education: Today, wie will be learning basic physical activities...
Me: AND WE RUN!
Art: So what have you been doing in the last lesson?
Me: You took a polaroid of us...
Geography: Where can you find pyramids?
Me: I Know Places
Geography: Today, we'll be talking about New York...
Me: It's been waiting for you...
Human Anatomy: If there's not enough iron in someone's system, what is that called?
Me: Bad Blood
Cooking at school: *friend cuts herself with a knife*
Me: You made a really deep cut...
Teacher: Did you do ANYTHING educational this summer?
Me: I found Wonderland and I travelled to Africa with Taylor Swift in my Wildest Dreams...
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Its an arsenic, gut wrenching, mind blowing, disappointing realisation that this love;
this mind controlling, picture painting, poem writing, extraordinary love
could possibly be a destructive figment of my lonely imagination…
#love#love quotes#quotes#sad#destrucción#destruction#self destructive#imagine#gut wrenching#fire#sad thoughts
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"I'm not spending any time, wasting tonight on you
I know, I've heard it all
So don't you try and change your mind
Cause I won't be changing too, you know"
Same Old Love - Selena Gomez Revival
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"I want every single piece of you
I want your heaven and your oceans too
Treat me soft but touch me cruel
I want to teach you things you never knew baby
Bring the floor up to my knees
Let me fall into your gravity
Then kiss me back to life to see
Your body standing over me"
I miss you - Adele 25
#adele#i miss you#lyrics#song#music#love#current situation#listening to#25#adele 25#adele i miss you
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Time away sometimes allows us to see things differently, more wisely, but tge time I've spent away from you has proven to me that being wise isn't always best.... I miss you...
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The rain reminds me of you.... Your taste on my lips.... Your hands on my waste.... Your words in my head.... Your smell in my lungs.... Your eyes on mine.... Your lips pulled tight. The tears in my eyes.... The mascara on my hands.... The sting in my throat.... The words that I said.... The party that was quiet.... The pain since then. The rain reminds me of our last time...
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Best meal for a hot summers day! #brunch #salad #greek #yum #summer #Thursdays
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I need help
OH MY GOSH!!! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ON EARTH TO GET YOU FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY!!! LIKE YOU DESERVE THE WORLD BUT I'M AS BROKE AS HIPPIE!!!!! ASDFGHJKL!
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I have loved Taylor since the beginning, like when I heard Teardrops On My Guitar for the first time it was as if it was wriyten for that exact moment in my life. Since then every fase I went through she seemed to release music for it. I also went from not being someones princess to being someones queen. Its like I matured with her, I went from innocence to being the lady that doesn't let a breakup get me down! Thanks Taylor
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Thank you! #God #godisgood #godlypost #godlypeople #godlyquotes #thankyou #quotes #GodlyWoman #telltheworld #yesimachristian #amen
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