While the nation-state gave rise to the advent of museums its influence in times of
transculturality and post- decolonial studies appears to have vanished. But is this really the
case? With case studies from various geo- and sociopolitical contexts from around the globe
the contributors investigate which roles the nation-state continues to play in museums
collections and heritage. They answer the question to which degree the nation-state still
determines practices of collection and circulation and its amount of power to shape
contemporary narratives. The volume thus examines the contradictions at play when the necessary
claim for transculturality meets the institutions of the nation-state. With contributions by
Stanislas Spero Adotevi Sebastián Eduardo Dávila Natasha Ginwala Monica Hanna Rajkamal
Kahlon Suzana Milevska Mirjam Shatanawi Kavita Singh Ruth Stamm Andrea Witcomb.
