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Feb. 6th, 2019 02:08 pm![[personal profile]](/makepkg/implementing-https-www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akamine_chanA couple of interesting links and a promo...
Article about diversity in punk music
Punks vs Nazis in the 80s and 90s
How to give back to music in 2019
In 1929, sculptor Malvina Hoffman was commissioned to create sculptures of "Racial types to be modeled while traveling round the world." The result were over a hundred sculptures in the Field Museum's Hall of Man, which were on display until 1969.
There were very valid criticisms that the sculptures furthered racist stereotypes and ideas. Recently, the museum has thoughtfully reframed the narrative of these sculptures, and it's fascinating. I think more museums need to take a good hard look at their exhibits and maybe ponder how and where their artifacts were obtained.
If you're in Chicago, check out the exhibit at the Field Museum.
Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman
And lastly, one of my favorite challenges has sign ups starting tomorrow! I've talked repeatedly about how much I love![[community profile]](/makepkg/implementing-https-www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
no_tags. Some of my favorite stories have come from that challenge, and I feel I've written some pretty decent stories because of it. The schedule looks like this:
Thursday, February 7: Signup/prompting post, closes Friday, February 8
Saturday, February 9: Prompt claiming at Noon EST
Saturday, February 16: Posting
The more the merrier, tbh. Come play!
Article about diversity in punk music
Punks vs Nazis in the 80s and 90s
How to give back to music in 2019
In 1929, sculptor Malvina Hoffman was commissioned to create sculptures of "Racial types to be modeled while traveling round the world." The result were over a hundred sculptures in the Field Museum's Hall of Man, which were on display until 1969.
There were very valid criticisms that the sculptures furthered racist stereotypes and ideas. Recently, the museum has thoughtfully reframed the narrative of these sculptures, and it's fascinating. I think more museums need to take a good hard look at their exhibits and maybe ponder how and where their artifacts were obtained.
If you're in Chicago, check out the exhibit at the Field Museum.
Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman
And lastly, one of my favorite challenges has sign ups starting tomorrow! I've talked repeatedly about how much I love
no_tags. Some of my favorite stories have come from that challenge, and I feel I've written some pretty decent stories because of it. The schedule looks like this:Thursday, February 7: Signup/prompting post, closes Friday, February 8
Saturday, February 9: Prompt claiming at Noon EST
Saturday, February 16: Posting
The more the merrier, tbh. Come play!
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Date: 2019-02-06 10:43 pm (UTC)The article about the Field Museum was really interesting - a lot of older museums are having to reassess their old holdings.
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Date: 2019-02-07 02:14 am (UTC)As well as they should. A lot of art and artefacts were outright stolen and looted from colonies, a lot of art by marginalized groups has been ignored, and nothing takes place in a vacuum.
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Date: 2019-02-07 02:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-02-07 12:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-02-07 02:10 am (UTC)She was a woman. What did she know?
Malvina was an amazing sculptor, as well as a supporter of the arts. Also, mostly forgotten these days, which is sad.
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Date: 2019-02-07 12:20 pm (UTC)I need to think of my prompts and get them posted.
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Date: 2019-02-07 09:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-02-10 01:02 pm (UTC)