Multiculturalism and museums: discourse about others in the age of globalization

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Ethnographic museums are affected by postmodern trends, by postcoloniality and multiculturalism, and now seem quaint. As long as development is uneven, however, there will be discourse about 'others.' The museum is a kind of library on display and has a role in making visible the foundations and narrative structures of western knowledge about the nature of the world. Museums have been compared to universities and to theater and may be seen as sites of power. There are many ways to see difference between cultures. There is a move toward public participation of various types.

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Oriental globalization

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A study discusses three specific critiques of Eurocentrism contributed by a body of literature that documents Orientalism globalization, or the role of Asia and the Middle East in the making of the global economy. This body of work does not merely critique, but overturns conventional perspectives and implies a profound rethinking of world history that holds major implications for social science and development studies.

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Globalization North and South: representations of uneven development and the interaction of modernities

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Globalization is discussed in relation to uneven development. The interaction of multiple modernities and capitalisms is also considered.

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