Below are some suggested readings relating to decolonisation in the context of art history, cultural studies, curation and conservation, as well as the higher education system and our wider cultural landscape. These have been loosely organised into thematic reading lists and are by no means exhaustive.
If you are a current student or staff member at The 天美传媒, many of these texts are accessible either physically or as ebooks through our Library. Links are provided where possible.
We are always open to new suggestions – please share these with decolonising.action.groups@courtauld.ac.uk听
Decolonising History and Art History
Decolonising Art History, edited by Catherine Grant and Dorothy Price:
Shades of Black : Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain,听edited by David A. Bailey, Sonia Boyce, and Ian Baucom:
Black artists in British art: a history since the 1950s to the present,听by Eddie Chambers:
Travel and See : Black Diaspora Art Practices since The 1980s,听by Kobena Mercer:
Black and British – A Forgotten History, by David Olusoga: Print copies available听
African Europeans An Untold Story, by Olivette Otele: Print copies available听
Indigenous London : Native Travelers at the Heart of Empire,听edited by Coll Thrush, Kate Shanley, and Ned Blackhawk:
Inglorious Empire – What The British did to India,听by Shashi Tharoor: Print copies available听
Decolonising the University and Higher Education
Decolonizing the university, edited by Gurminder K. Bhambra, Dalia Gabrial and Kerem Nianciogiu:听
Decolonizing methodologies: research and indigenous peoples,听by Linda Tuhiwai Smith:
Narrative Expansions : Interpreting Decolonisation in Academic Libraries, by Jess Crilly and Regina Everitt:
Arts-Based Methods for Decolonising Participatory Research,听edited by Satu Miettinen, Tiina Sepp盲l盲 and Melanie Sarantou:
Decolonising Museums, Galleries, and Cultural Heritage
The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution,听by Dan Hicks:
Practicing Decoloniality in Museums : A Guide with Global Examples,听edited by Csilla E. Ariese and Magdalena Wr贸blewska:
Decolonizing Colonial Heritage : New Agendas, Actors and Practices in and beyond Europe,听edited by Britta Timm Knudsen, John Oldfield, Elizabeth听Buettner and Elvan Zabunyan:
The Postcolonial听Museum: The Arts of Memory and the Pressures of History,听edited by Iain Chambers, Allesandra de Angelis, Celeste Ianniciello Mariangela Orabona and Michaela Quadraro:
Decolonizing museums听:听representing native America in national and tribal museums,听by Amy Lonetree:
Anti-Racism, Post-Colonialism, Intersectionality and Beyond
Yellow Peril! An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear, edited by John Kuo Wei Tchen & Dylan Yeats: 听Print copies available听
Do Muslim Women Need Saving?听by Lila Abu-Lughod:
Don’t Touch My Hair听 by Emma Dabiri:
White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo: Print copies available听
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race,听by Reni Eddo-Lodge:
Me and White Supremacy : Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor,听by Layla F. Saad:
Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts,听by Aruna D’Souza:听Print copies available听
Necropolitics (Theory in Forms), by Achille Mbembe:
On the Postcolony, by Achille Mbembe:
Orientalism,听by Edward Said: Print copies available听
On decoloniality: concepts, analytics, and praxis,听edited by Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh:
Women, Race and Class,听by Angela Davis:听Print copies available听
The Wretched of The Earth, by Franz Fanon: Print copies available听
Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, by bell hooks: Print copies available
Sister Outsider, by Audre Lorde: Print copies available听
Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights : Neo)colonialism, Neoliberalism, Resistance and Hope,听edited by Nancy Nicol, Adrian Jjuuko, Richard Lusimbo, Nick J. Mule虂, Susan Ursel, Amar Wahab and Phyllis Waugh: