E74- Museum of Other People

Museum of Other People

 By:  Adam Kuper

In this conversation, Adam Kuper, a social anthropologist, and Elizabeth Howard, host of the Short Fuse, discuss his book 'The Museum of Other People from Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions.' Their talk ranges from the influence of African art on modern artists, the role of museums in archival history, to the challenges of repatriation. Adam Kuper also explores the need for museums to reassess their role in a post-colonial world, suggests the importance of temporary exhibitions and collaborative projects and defines what could be, in his mind, the "new, new museum."

ADAM KUPER is a fellow of the British Academy and a recipient of the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Huxley Memorial Medal. He was Centennial Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and a visiting professor at Boston University. He has appeared often on BBC TV and radio, and he regularly reviews for The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement and the Wall Street Journal. 

Elizabeth Howard, Producer and Host of the Short Fuse Podcast 

Elizabeth Howard is the producer and host of the Short Fuse Podcast, conversations with artists, writers, musicians, and others whose art reveals our communities through their lens and stirs us to seek change. Her articles r

The Short Fuse Podcast  hosted and produced by Elizabeth Howard, are conversations with artists, writers, musicians, and others who have a lens on contemporary thought and stir us to seek change. With their art, their music, their performances, and their vision they lead us through the social and environmental transformations sweeping across the globe.

“Artists are here to disturb the peace.” James Baldwin.

The Short Fuse is distributed through the Arts Fuse, a journal of arts criticism and commentary.

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