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Emma Martin
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Senior Lecturer Museology & Associate Director for Research (Impact) at the University of Manchester. Practicing & researching things related to Tibetan museology & material culture, past & present #Tibet #Museums #MaterialCulture #Archives #Colonialism
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📣 Call for Papers 📣

Please share widely.

I am pleased to announce a #CfPs for the upcoming international
conference on Museums and Dissidence at @officialuom.bsky.social

Scan the QR code for further details.

#Museums
#Dissidence
#PoliticalDisagreement
#Conference
#MuseumActivism
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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#Tibet #DavidLynch
Agent Cooper a character in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks stood in front of a map holding a pointer directed at Tibet. The map is titled “Tibet”.
January 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Honoured to be giving a keynote at the inaugural Museums and Memory WG conference “Museums, Memory, Politics” for the Memory Studies Association. It focuses on my forthcoming book #TheDissidentMuseum i.e. the Tibet Museum in Dharamshala

www.memorystudiesassociation.org/call-for-pap...
View down a stone staircase that classical pillars on each side with a partial view through a doorway into a room of exhibitions. The top half of the image is partially covered with information about the conference, which can be found in the link.
January 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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I ask for another image that privileged the political over the religious and got this:
A Tibetan protester, dressed in modern attire, waves the Tibetan flag defiantly in front of a government building, symbolizing political resistance. In his other hand, he holds a placard with a bold slogan written in both Tibetan and English, calling for freedom and human rights. Surrounding him, other protesters carry banners and chant slogans, while graffiti on nearby walls features political messages and symbols of independence.
November 30, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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As I was getting my ideas together for last night’s talk on #Tibetan #materialculture of #dissent I asked #ChatGPT to create an image. I was curious to see what that would look like. Well, it looked like this.

ChatGPT’s description is in the ALT text.
A ChatGPT illustration of a Tibetan monk. The monk is seen holding a prayer wheel in one hand, while in the other, he raises a banned Tibetan flag, symbolizing protest. His robes are adorned with traditional Buddhist symbols, yet subtle hints of dissent— perhaps hidden messages slogans— are woven into the fabric, blending spiritual devotion with resistance. In the background, prayer flags flutter in the wind, some feating protest message. In the background, prayer flags flutter in the wind, some featuring protest messages written in Tibetan script. Surrounding him are handcrafted artifacts, such as painted thangka scrolls depicting scenes of non-violent struggle, and tattered manuscripts symbolizing the preservation of culture despite oppression. These items are arranged in front of a rugged mountainous landscape representing Tibet's natural isolation and enduring spirit.
November 30, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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“Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes” at The Hepworth Wakefield is stunning. Incredible individual works, but the curation and design was yet again 👌
Jean Arp sculptures displayed on egg yolk yellow undulating platforms against deep fir tree green wall. A further view of the yellow platform looking towards a multi-armed bird-headed dancer. View into gallery that is bordered by floor to ceiling printing curtain in lime green contrasting with purple walls and carpets. With Wael Shawky, "The Gulf Project Camp: Sculpture # 1 ", 2019 on white plinth in mid-ground View into gallery from opposite end with purple carpet and floor, framed by floor to ceiling burgundy pleated curtaining.
November 25, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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Last four #exhibitions I’ve seen:

Barbara Walker @Whitworth Art Gallery, Mcr

Hawai’i: Quilting the Hawaiian Landscape @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social

Against All Odds: Historical Women and New Algorithms @ SMK, Copenhagen

Displaced: From the Nile to the Derwent @Derby Museum & Art Gallery
Large drawing of four people being viewed by audience View into gallery with quilts displayed on walls. Black and white digital image with lectern in front of it, for visitors to ask questions of a chatbot. View into gallery with showcase featuring Egyptian collections and text label titled Power of Egypt
November 19, 2024 at 7:33 AM
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Next week I’m in London talking about the development of the Tibet Museum and its dissident methodologies. I’m also in the final throes of writing a monograph on the collaborative processes.
#TheDissidentMuseum
#PracticeLedResearch
#Dissent
#Tibet
An exhibition display from the Tibet Museum featuring clothing and materials used by the Mustang resistance force accompanied by a large image of members of the of the resistance force wearing/using similar items View into the History section of the Tibet Museum, the wall is wrapped in a long timeline and a central display includes a Tibetan army outfit and the banned Tibetan flag. Exhibit at the Tibet Museum featuring a trunk, used to carry manuscripts and religious objects out of Tibet. The backdrop is a large image of books being burnt in Lhasa during the Cultural Revolution. Exhibit at Tibet Museum featuring items relating to a barley flour product called tsampa.
November 17, 2024 at 11:49 AM