"Someone told me recently that ‘rock art is dead.’ If ‘Art’ was dead, that would not matter to we Aborigines. We have never thought of our rock-paintings as ‘Art.’ To us they are IMAGES. IMAGES with

José Manuel Barros@hcommons.social · 6 months ago

"Someone told me recently that ‘rock art is dead.’ If ‘Art’ was dead, that would not matter to we Aborigines. We have never thought of our rock-paintings as ‘Art.’ To us they are IMAGES. IMAGES with

José Manuel Barros@hcommons.social · 6 months ago

Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, October 2023–January 2024 (A Preliminary Report from Librarians and Archivists with Palestine).

José Manuel Barros@hcommons.social · 9 months ago

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This article is very interesting to understand the problem of statues commemorating historical figures: “Why every single statue should come down” by Gary Younge (The Guardian, 2021).

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jun/01/gary-younge-why-every-single-statue-should-come-down-rhodes-colston

José Manuel Barros@hcommons.social · 9 months ago

"Colonial statues in post-colonial Africa: a multidimentional heritage" by Sophia Labadi (2023).

José Manuel Barros@hcommons.social · 10 months ago

"Museums, Heritage, Culture: Into the Conflict Zone" by Kavita Singh (2015).

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