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Kornes, Godwin, König, Viola, Sigam, Bansoa, Hölzl, Richard, Deußen, Carl, Phiri Chitungu, Victoria and Lewis, Maschika (2022). The Gender of Ethnographic Collecting. Bonn; Bremen; Cologne; Siegen: boasblogs.

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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:	Other
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kornes, Godwin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED König, Viola UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sigam, Bansoa UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hölzl, Richard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Deußen, Carl UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Phiri Chitungu, Victoria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lewis, Maschika UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Deußen, Carl UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mbewe, Mary UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email Editor Antweiler, Christoph UNSPECIFIED Editor Knecht, Michi UNSPECIFIED Editor Voss, Ehler UNSPECIFIED Editor Zillinger, Martin UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-556969
Journal or Publication Title:	boasblogs
Number:	3
Page Range:	U2-61
Date:	2022
Publisher:	boasblogs
Place of Publication:	Bonn; Bremen; Cologne; Siegen
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:	Customs, etiquette, folklore
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/55696