The future of museums and a history of ignorance: five of the best science books to read this week
This fascinating history by anthropologist Adam Kuper discusses ethnology museums, mainly in Europe and the United States, established during the colonial period. He argues that it is time to turn such institutions into ‘cosmopolitan museums’ that include challenging perspectives and contrasting points of view — backed by research and scholarship, not “mystical insight” or the “authority of identity”.
He distinguishes between these concepts: innovation, he says, involves “mastering new materials, products, processes and ideas”. He focuses engagingly on three types of “failed” invention: welcomed but then unwelcome ; over-hyped ; and undelivered .
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