{"product_id":"a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-decolonizing-the-museum-1","title":"A Programme of Absolute Disorder: Decolonizing the Museum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Françoise Vergès, translated by Melissa Thackway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePluto Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10\/20\/2026, paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9780745352619\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Western museum is a battleground-a terrain of ideological, political and economic contestation. Almost everyone today wants to rethink the museum, but how many have the audacity to question the idea of the universal museum itself?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Programme of Absolute Disorder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Françoise Vergès puts the museum in its place. Exploring the Louvre's history, she uncovers the context in which the universal museum emerged: as a product of colonialism, and of Europe's self-appointed claim to be the guardian of global heritage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVergès outlines a radical horizon: to truly decolonize the museum is to implement a \"programme of absolute disorder\", inventing other ways of apprehending the human and non-human world that nourish collective creativity and bring justice and dignity to the dispossessed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A brilliant book on how to order the disorder of colonized spaces while finding new pathways to discuss what it means to question rage and embrace new narratives on the once invisible structures of museums. Françoise Vergès skillfully writes a manifesto of sorts that shifts the paradigm and re-imagines a world as if there was no West with a curious wit, fearless irony, and a clear sense of underpinning hope.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003eDeborah Willis, artist, New York University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An impressive critique of the universal museum as complicit in the ongoing damages inflicted by colonial power structures. Françoise Vergès gives us the tools to harness our imagination in order to build new art institutions for a different future.\" --\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIsaac Julien, filmmaker and installation artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrançoise Vergès\u003c\/strong\u003e is a political scientist, activist, historian, film producer and public educator. She is the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/decolonial-feminism\" title=\"A Decolonial Feminism\" class=\"text-link\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Decolonial Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/a-feminist-theory-of-violence\" title=\"A Feminist Theory of Violence\"\u003eA \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/a-feminist-theory-of-violence\" title=\"A Feminist Theory of Violence\"\u003eFeminist Theory of Violence\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e She is also a senior research fellow at the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation, UCL.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelissa Thackway\u003c\/strong\u003e is an independent researcher and translator. She lectures in African Cinema at Sciences-Po and INALCO in Paris. Her recent translations include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Feminist Theory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Françoise Vergès,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary African Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Olivier Barlet,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTropical Dream Palaces: Cinema-Going in Colonial West Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Odile Goerg and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfrican Diasporic Cinema: Aesthetics of Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Daniela Ricci.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54267034796315,"sku":"Programme of Absolute Dis PB","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/71P-aAwYErL._SL1169_03b80605-27ce-4fbf-b022-1f8e73cafe77.jpg?v=1792173133","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-decolonizing-the-museum-1","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}