Translating museums : a counterhistory of South Asian museology

By:

Bhatti, Shaila

Series: Critical Cultural heritage series Ed.by Beverley Butler ; Vol.9Publication details: California Left Coast Press Inc 2012Description: 300pISBN:

9781611321456

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

069 BHA

Contents:

CONTENTS List of Illustrations 11 Note on Translation and Transliteration 13 Abbreviations 15 Acknowledgments 17 Prologue Lahore 19 The Lahore Museum: Ajaib Ghar 22 Comparative Museologies 26 Museological Narrative 28 1. Museums in Translation: The Birth of the Museum in Colonial India 33 The Ajaib Ghar 33 Museumisation of Colonial India: Making India Visible 51 A Central Museum for Punjab—A Baradari, an Exhibition, and a Jubilee 53 Baradari 54 An Exhibition 56 The Jubilee Institute 68 The Lahore Museum in Indian Hands 74 Imperial Museum Spirit and the Trinity of the Lahore Museum 77 2. Colonial Mementos to Postcolonial Imaginings: The Transformation of the Lahore Museum 83 A National Narrative for the Ajaib Ghar 83 Partition and Pakistan 86 Splitting Mementos 92 Curators/Caretakers 92 Ejaz Ali 94 Collections/Objects 97 The Chandigarh Connection 99 Trapped by the Colonial Shadow: Decolonising the Lahore Museum 101 The Islamic Gallery 104 The Independence Movement Gallery 106 The Postcolonial Prescriptive: Personalities and Ideologies 112 3. Museum Archons: The Habitual Discourse of the Lahore Museum 117 The Material Archive 117 The Lahore Museum’s Museology 119 The (Un)Socialised Museum: Habitual Discourse and Museopolitik 125 Global Consciousness 125 Pakistani Museums/Museology 127 Habitual Praxis and Discourse 131 Educating Heritage 135 Tours, Texts, Lectures, and Quizzes 138 Guided Tours 138 Texts 140 Lectures 140 Museum Quiz 141 Archival Allure 142 4. Visiting the Museum: Curiosity about the Ajaib Ghar 145 Wandering Visitors 146 Refusal of the Colonial Gaze 152 The Zoo of Objects 157 The Subjective Museum 160 Vernacularising the Lahore Museum 162 What Class of Visitors? 163 Pseudocurators 167 Familiar, Attractive, and Wondrous 168 History and Cultural Heritage, but Not My Identity 182 5. Nokta Nazar of the Lahore Museum’s ‘Audience’ 189 Attractions and the Museum Spirit 190 The Museum ‘Eye’ 194 South Asian Scopophilia 198 Darshan/Dekhna 198 Nazar 200 Corpothetics 203 Interocular 205 ‘Museums of Everyday Life’ 207 The Everyday: Television 208 The Imaginary: Cinema 211 The Novel: Bazaars 214 The Enduring: Saints’ Shrines 218 Have Museums Ever Been Modern? 224 Epilogue 227 Glossary 233 Notes 239 References 279 Index 299 About the Author 301

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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations 11
Note on Translation and Transliteration 13
Abbreviations 15
Acknowledgments 17
Prologue
Lahore 19
The Lahore Museum: Ajaib Ghar 22
Comparative Museologies 26
Museological Narrative 28
1. Museums in Translation: The Birth of the Museum in Colonial India 33
The Ajaib Ghar 33
Museumisation of Colonial India: Making India Visible 51
A Central Museum for Punjab—A Baradari, an Exhibition, and a Jubilee 53
Baradari 54
An Exhibition 56
The Jubilee Institute 68
The Lahore Museum in Indian Hands 74
Imperial Museum Spirit and the Trinity of the Lahore Museum 77
2. Colonial Mementos to Postcolonial Imaginings: The Transformation of the Lahore Museum 83
A National Narrative for the Ajaib Ghar 83
Partition and Pakistan 86
Splitting Mementos 92
Curators/Caretakers 92
Ejaz Ali 94
Collections/Objects 97
The Chandigarh Connection 99
Trapped by the Colonial Shadow: Decolonising the Lahore Museum 101
The Islamic Gallery 104
The Independence Movement Gallery 106
The Postcolonial Prescriptive: Personalities and Ideologies 112
3. Museum Archons: The Habitual Discourse of the Lahore Museum 117
The Material Archive 117
The Lahore Museum’s Museology 119
The (Un)Socialised Museum: Habitual Discourse and Museopolitik 125
Global Consciousness 125
Pakistani Museums/Museology 127
Habitual Praxis and Discourse 131
Educating Heritage 135
Tours, Texts, Lectures, and Quizzes 138
Guided Tours 138
Texts 140
Lectures 140
Museum Quiz 141
Archival Allure 142
4. Visiting the Museum: Curiosity about the Ajaib Ghar 145
Wandering Visitors 146
Refusal of the Colonial Gaze 152
The Zoo of Objects 157
The Subjective Museum 160
Vernacularising the Lahore Museum 162
What Class of Visitors? 163
Pseudocurators 167
Familiar, Attractive, and Wondrous 168
History and Cultural Heritage, but Not My Identity 182
5. Nokta Nazar of the Lahore Museum’s ‘Audience’ 189
Attractions and the Museum Spirit 190
The Museum ‘Eye’ 194
South Asian Scopophilia 198
Darshan/Dekhna 198
Nazar 200
Corpothetics 203
Interocular 205
‘Museums of Everyday Life’ 207
The Everyday: Television 208
The Imaginary: Cinema 211
The Novel: Bazaars 214
The Enduring: Saints’ Shrines 218
Have Museums Ever Been Modern? 224
Epilogue 227
Glossary 233
Notes 239
References 279
Index 299
About the Author 301

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