Category: Switzerland

• Examining Switzerland’s Colonial Past at MEG: Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève, December 2022

  

  Illustrated reviews of two exhibitions at MEG (Musée d’ethnographie de Genève), Switzerland’s largest world cultures museum, visited during December 2022: (1) “The Archives of Human Diversity” – a showcase of c.1000 cultural objects from MEG’s permanent collections; (2) “Helvécia: A Forgotten Colonial History” – a photojournalistic presentation of African-origin cultural traditions and heritage practices commemorated…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  December 17, 2022

  Africa, African Diaspora, Exhibition Review, Museology, Museums, Switzerland

  Colonialism, Decolonising the museum, Geneva, Othering, world cultures