A PROGRAMME OF ABSOLUTE DISORDER - DECONOLIZING THE MUSEUM

The Western museum is a battleground - a terrain of ideological, political and economic contestation. Almost everyone today wants to rethink the museum, but how many have the audacity to question the idea of the universal museum itself?In A Programme of Absolute Disorder, Françoise Vergès puts the museum in its place. Exploring the Louvres history, she uncovers the context in which the universal museum emerged: as a product of colonialism, and of Europes self-appointed claim to be the guardian of global heritage.