"To Take Their Heritage in Their Hands": Indigenous Self-Representation and Decolonization in the Community Museums of Oaxaca, Mexico
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ellen Hoobler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 441-460
Description
Article explores the community-based practice of creating place-based museums to house the artifacts recovered from archaeological sites in the Oaxaca region of Mexico, argues these institutions validate local knowledges and traditions and function as means to promote education and cultural understanding.