Narrative
Museum representations of Tibet still perpetuate essentialised displays of the country and silence the rights of Tibetan people to self-representation, despite previous decolonisation programmes. Martin’s provenance and practice-led research has resulted in changes to museum practice and policy. This research has: 1) inspired and shaped museum collecting policies and programmes in the UK and India so that they represent Tibet as a contemporary and multifaceted culture and facilitate Tibetan self-representation in museums; 2) conceptualised and contributed towards the building of a new Tibet Museum in Dharamshala, India, through collaboration with Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) staff; and 3) established new museological standards and practices that have informed museum policy in the CTA, as well as public and professional understanding more widely.| Impact date | 2015 → 2020 |
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| Category of impact | Awareness and understanding, Policy, Society and culture |
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Research output
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Tibetan Materiality versus British ‘Ornamentalism’: Diplomacy, Objects and Resistance in the Imperial Archive
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Translating Tibet in the Borderlands: Networks, Dictionaries, and Knowledge Production in Himalayan Hill Stations
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Curating Absence in the Tibet Museum
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Capturing Tibet: Colonialism and the Camera during the Mission to Lhasa
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Collecting Tibet: Dreams & Realities
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article