Do We Care? Reflections on the Multi-Layered Challenges and Opportunities Posed by a Decolonial Approach to Collection-Based Museum Practices

Abstract

Collections play a crucial role as a meeting point between community stakeholders, guest researchers, international fellows and museum staff, while also carrying the traces of a violent (colonial) past. Conceived as a cross-disciplinary open conversation between the fields of museology, design and fellowship coordination, this article raises questions within the framework of the decolonial ambition of the Collaborative Museum, highlighting notions of care, critiques of racism and a hierarchy-critical understanding of interdisciplinary collaboration.