Colonial Amnesias, Photographic Memories, and Demographic Biopolitics at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA).

This article provides readers with a biopolitical critique of the recent debates that have swirled around the renovations at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) and the ‘Memory of Congo’ exhibits. The author argues that the RMCA has become a contested site of memory, where some older photogra...

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Publicado en:Third World Quarterly Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 475 - 494
Autor principal: Hasian, Marouf
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2012
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