Universität zu Köln

Deußen, Carl ORCID: 0000-0002-7511-6011, Mbewe, Mary ORCID: 0000-0001-6702-7361, Kornes, Godwin, König, Viola ORCID: 0009-0002-1324-7726, Sigam, Bansoa, Hölzl, Richard ORCID: 0000-0002-5945-3245, Chitungu, Victoria Phiri ORCID: 0009-0004-8531-702X and Lewis, Mischka ORCID: 0000-0002-6313-9873 (2022). The Gender of Ethnographic Collecting. Bonn; Bremen; Cologne; Siegen: boasblogs. Discussion Paper.

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Abstract

What is the gender of ethnographic collecting? This question, if asked at all, is often given little attention in the study of ethnographic collecting. In the museums that house most ethnographic collections amassed during the colonial period, the question remains equally unasked. Objects are thought to reveal something about the gender relations of their original owners, but the gendered circumstances of their acquisition and of imperial expansion at large are almost never addressed. This issue of Boasblogs Papers brings together seven unique contributions that challenge this supposed gender neutrality and provide a range of perspectives on the gendered dimensions of ethnographic collecting. The issue centres the role of gender for histories of imperial ethnographic collecting, collections, and the related knowledge-making projects. It is about interrogating the ways histories of collecting are, conventionally, accounts told from masculine perspectives, producing gendered understandings not only of these histories and collections but of the practices and societies from which these collections are made.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Deußen, Carl carl.deussen@stadt-koeln.de https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7511-6011 UNSPECIFIED Mbewe, Mary UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6702-7361 UNSPECIFIED Kornes, Godwin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED König, Viola UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1324-7726 UNSPECIFIED Sigam, Bansoa UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hölzl, Richard UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5945-3245 UNSPECIFIED Chitungu, Victoria Phiri UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8531-702X UNSPECIFIED Lewis, Mischka UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6313-9873 UNSPECIFIED
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Deußen, Carl carl.deussen@stadt-koeln.de https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7511-6011 UNSPECIFIED Mbewe, Mary UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6702-7361 UNSPECIFIED Antweiler, Christoph UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Knecht, Michi UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Voss, Ehler UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3208-7222 UNSPECIFIED Zillinger, Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-799702
Identification Number:	10.18716/bbp/3
Series Name at the University of Cologne:	boasblogs papers
Volume:	3
Number of Pages:	63
Date:	2022
Publisher:	boasblogs
Place of Publication:	Bonn; Bremen; Cologne; Siegen
ISSN:	2698-6094
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 4: Außereuropäische Sprachen, Kulturen und Gesellschaften > Institut für Ethnologie
Subjects:	Social sciences Customs, etiquette, folklore
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/79970