This website uses cookies as well as similar tools and technologies to understand visitors' experiences. By continuing to use this website, you consent to Columbia University's usage of cookies and similar technologies, in accordance with the Columbia University Website Cookie Notice
My intervention for a future museum and art cultivation space focuses on a transnational approach to cultural and artifact stewardship and restitution. The western museums of today, especially those within the Smithsonian umbrella, are entrenched in colonialistic values and a commitment to nationalism—and this causes them to sanitize and deactivate artifacts. I propose a model that emphasizes community connection and stewardship of artifacts, as well as re-activation of animism within art spaces, the landscape, and the artifacts themselves.