| Archaeology and Community Museology: Ancient Egyptian Daily Life Scenes in Museums |
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Gemma Tully
University of Southampton
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Description:
Through the incorporation of contemporary Egyptian art into Egyptology displays, my research aims to create innovative museological strategies that recapture audiences and hold relevance to the lives of people today. Through an inter-disciplinary approach, working with western museum curators, Egyptian communities and the western museum visiting public, my research tackles the inequality of communication about Egypt, both ancient and modern, in the West. Focusing on the theme of daily life to engage with both ancient Egypt and contemporary debate, my work moves contemporary art beyond the walls of the art gallery and Egyptology beyond the out-dated Western traditions set by nineteenth and early twentieth century Orientalism. Allowing Egypt to be repopulated, past and present, this collaborative, art-centred approach will enable the theme of daily life to begin to communicate cross-temporally as well as cross-culturally within the western museum context. |
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| Aspects of this research have been published in Contemporary Practices -- Visual Arts from the Middle East, available at: www.contemporarypractices.com |
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