As most of my foreign friends know, I come from Macau. But actually I am a new immigrant in Macau, I only lived in Macau…
The return of the fig leaf: let’s not get naked
Performance artist Deborah De Robertis was being silenced during her lecture in the Brussels museum Bozar on censorship and the image of women in art.…
Western Archaeology Museums: Contextualization or Justification?
Yesterday I visited the Niniveh exhibition at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden. It was an amazing collection of reliefs, statues, cuneiform tablets and other…
Closing the gap? On Belgrade’s audiovisual storytelling
“I think I preferred our apartment with the door closed.” — mumbles Srbijanka Turajlić (1946-) at the end of the documentary The Other Side of…
R.A.Y of H.O.P.E mode
There is this thing about living abroad, either you feel more connected to your home country or this connection eventually weakens with time. But in…
The Bronze Ceiling
They grace our city squares, parks, and streets. Often we have no idea who they were or what they represent, and take the words on…
Skellig Michael…The Force won’t protect you!
The so called ‘disneyfication’ of heritage is a trend that I have often come across as a heritage student. It is not hard to grasp…
Celebrating Lesser Known Memorials on an European Level?
Today I stumbled upon a Guardian Article focused on Historic England’s Immortalized project. Historic England, is a public body that states to help “people care…
Authenticity — a Path to Division?
In 2001, Richard Prentice wrote a scholarly article, which turned out to be more or less prophetic. In the text, he addressed the issue of…
On The Destruction of Bolkonsky House and Authenticity Discourses
The debate about heritage authenticity is more than just a debate: its red line seems to go through almost all other discussions that occur with…