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This month, I visited the AfricaMuseum in Tervuren, near Brussels. The context in which this museum was created is very heavy. I started with a walk along the site where the 1897 colonial exhibition took place and where "African villages"/"human zoos" were built. Ce mois-ci, j'ai visité l'AfricaMuseum à Tervuren, près de Bruxelles. Le contexte dans lequel ce musée a été créé est très lourd. J'ai commencé par une promenade sur le site où l'exposition coloniale de 1897 a eu lieu et où des « villages africains »/"zoos humains" ont été construits. Aerial view of the site where the 4 "African villages" were built. Vue aérienne du site ou les 4 "villages africains" étaient construits.   Sites of the "villages" - site des "villages View of the park - vue du parc One of the cast-iron statues that were displayed at the international exhibition in 1897. Une des statues en fonte qui était exposée à l'exposition I...

 

  Ordinary people in extoardinary situations. Is her work irreverent, profane, desacrating ? As I look at these photographs, I don't know what the situation is. I don't know what the ritual is. I don't know what is part of the ritual and what is not. This makes these images extremly surprising to me. People being hilarious when we would expect them to be serious. Joyfull and fascetious people. Cristina Garcia Rodero was looking for behind-the-scene moments and for behaviors that go against the seriousness of the religious rituals. (photos taken at the exhibition, which explains the light reflections and other distortions)  Article about the origins and meaning of the pointed hoods

  As I am starting a new research, or rather continuing with  The Untouched Collection , I feel the need to clarify certain terms.  Lydia Ayame Hiraide's article brought some light for me, even though, as I understand, polemics are still ongoing when it comes to which word to use.  As I read it, I feel that DECOLONIAL would be the term I would like to use for my work. But as I continue to explore the subject, I may come back to this ... Her work was published in "New Voices in post-colonial studies" "Our use of language is under constant change, and this is perhaps nowhere truer than within the field of Postcolonial Studies (Britton, 1999; Ashcroft, 2002; Ramanathan, 2005). From ‘Third World’ to ‘Global South’, ‘people of colour’ to ‘racialised people’ , there are numerous examples of linguistic shifts, which once introduced, can feel eternal and natural. In this vein, this article will reflect on the extent to which discussions around language are important for resi...