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Author:   Mårten Snickare
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781041177173

ISBN 10:   1041177178
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction: The King's Tomahawk?, Part I Colonial Objects in Space: Baroque Practices of Collecting and Display, 1. The Spaces of Colonial Objects : The Colonial World and the Kunstkammer, 2. Global Interests: Colonial Policy and Collecting in the Reign of Queen Christina, 3. Performing Difference: Court Culture and Collecting in the Time of Hedwig Eleonora, 4. Object Lessons: Materiality and Knowledge in the Kunstkammer of Johannes Schefferus, Part II Colonial Objects in Time: Object Itineraries, 5. Objects and their Agency and Itineraries, 6. From North America to Nordamerika: A Tomahawk, 7. From Northern Sapmi to Nordiska Museet: A Goavddis , Part III The Fate of Colonial Objects: Pasts, Presents, and Futures, 8. Learning from the Kunstkammer? Colonial Objects and Decolonial Options, Bibliography, About the Author, Index.

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Snickare's arguments are not only timely but also model an historically grounded, balanced and judicious approach to issues that trouble many institutions around the world currently trying to address the complex legacies of colonialism.,- Ruth Phillips, Carleton University.

Author Information

Mårten Snickare is Professor of Art History at Stockholm University and Director of Accelerator, an exhibition space at the university where art and science meet. He has published extensively on Swedish and European Baroque art and architecture.

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