{"id":622,"date":"2021-09-30T17:47:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T17:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showcase.lsa.umich.edu\/history\/?post_type=showcase&#038;p=622"},"modified":"2023-06-27T18:18:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T18:18:31","slug":"season-2-episode-1-revival-and-reckoning-a-colonial-museum-in-postcolonial-italy","status":"publish","type":"showcase","link":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/showcase\/season-2-episode-1-revival-and-reckoning-a-colonial-museum-in-postcolonial-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 2, Episode 1: Revival and Reckoning: A Colonial Museum in Postcolonial Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4e\">Colonial museums are tangible representations of the unequal relationships between people, communities, and nations. What can a museum tell us about Italy and its former African colonies?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/s2e116-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-913\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Season 2, Episode 1: Revival and Reckoning: A Colonial Museum in Postcolonial Italy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2TVQ4YCfmdr9F7njiXUhiN?si=df1c3d09e4e8419e&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/reverb-effect\/id1486434428\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9yZXZlcmJlZmZlY3QubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M\">Google Podcasts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4Otp5KrKnJYZVd1S8guPe6?si=UC24WtvISZaa_B_7JbXrIA\">Spotify<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This year marks the opening of Il Museo Italo Africano, \u201cIlaria Alpi\u201d or the Iliaria Alpi Italo-African Museum in Rome, Italy. A revival of the former Italian Colonial museum (1923-1971), it has been renamed for its present-day reinstallation. Colonial museums and their collections are tangible representations of the historic and unequal relationships between people, communities, and nations. What does this particular museum and its collection tell us about Italy and its former African colonies?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Timnet Gedar<\/strong> traces the history of this museum\u2019s collection, including \u201chuman zoos,\u201d in Italy and the looting of north and east African nations. This context demonstrates the role of museums in the colonial project and the power of knowledge production, raising questions about the implications of this history for the contemporary reopening of the museum. She asks us to consider the current Mediterranean migration crisis as a reflection of the ongoing, uneven power relations between Italy and its former African colonies and how past and present are linked, even in (or especially in) museums and their collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/showcase\/reverb-effect-season-2-episode-1-transcript\/\" data-type=\"showcase\" data-id=\"916\">View the full episode transcript and sources<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"historian-biographies\">Historian Biographies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Timnet Gedar<\/strong> <\/strong>is a PhD candidate in the History Department at the University of Michigan. She holds a graduate certificate in Museum Studies, a graduate certificate in African Studies from the Department of Afro American and African Studies (DAAS), and an MSc in Social Development Practice from the University College London. She is currently a fellow in the Rackham-Mellon Program in Engagement in the Humanities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"production-credits\">Production Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Episode Producer:<\/strong> Timnet Gedar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Episode Contributors:<\/strong> Emma Bond, Medhin Paolos&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Voice Actor:<\/strong> Giordano Mormone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host and Season Producer:<\/strong> Hayley Bowman&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Executive Producer: <\/strong>Gregory Parker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editorial Board:<\/strong> Hayley Bowman, Gregory Parker, Taylor Sims, Melanie S. Tanielian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Share your thoughts about Reverb Effect by messaging&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:reverb.effect@umich.edu\">reverb.effect@umich.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a9 2020 Regents of the University of Michigan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colonial museums are tangible representations of the unequal relationships between people, communities, and nations. 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