Did y’all see the Louvre’s latest video ft. Beyonce and Jay-Z? On June 16thmy Facebook feed was -to say the least- buzzing about The Carter’s…
Somewhere over the rainbow
The term commodification seems to kill people’s vibe immediately. Throw it into any conversation and see how people roll their eyes almost instinctively at you.…
Dealing with Diversity
It looks like a trend. More and more cultural institutions, with the emphasis on art museums, want to grow a reputation which shows that they…
Can you help to stop antiquities from being looted?
The looting of antiquities has long been one of the main problems associated with the preservation of heritage. Objects that are considered to be aesthetically…
“O wheels, O gears, eternal r-r-r-r-r-r-r!” On visual culture
A visual culture, a visual conference On May 7th during the Human Rights Nights film festival for which I have been working these first months of…
Reflecting On European Meta-Memories
CC0 Public Domain On the 5th of June 2018, the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) and the House of European History (HEH) jointly hosted EUROM’s…
Holland, MI: Dutch Kitsch?
Holland, MI, is one of the largest Dutch settlements in the United States. Founded by Albertus Christiaan van Raalte in 1847, the town used to…
Yellow Ribbons, Multidirectional Memories, and Typical Catalan Sandwiches.
(By Ghim Boseong [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons) While sitting in a café, enjoying a cappuccino and a sandwich of which I had…
Remarkable Records at Heritage Hall
“Verzint eer gij begint! Een hartelijk woord aan mijne landgenooten, over de in ons Vaderland heerschende ziekte genaamd: Landverhuizing” [“Look before you leap! A friendly…
Unforgettable? A New Law in Poland Set to Disrupt Holocaust Heritage
By Anna Gay How do you deal with a dark past? Do you accept that it happened and move on? Do you take into account…