Hi Indigo!

Funny.  And I thought that Museum-L was also about the
process by which museum professionals present information to
the public.  This includes methodology, the crux of this
thread about corsets, foot binding, about cultural
relativism.  Right?

If you prefer greater relevance to issues today, we could
shift gears to discuss how historical information presented
from a biased point of view is considered "historical
revisionism" . . . such as over-emphasis on the 'greatness'
of Western civilization, and the supposed inferiority of
non-Western cultures who would dare to conduct cultural
affairs (foot binding, female genital mutilation, etc.)
according to non-Western standards.

What you see as rancor, I see as lively discussion.  (I'd
rather have lively discussion than boring discussion.)

Sincerely,

Jay Heuman, Visitor & Volunteer Services Coordinator
Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, 68102
342-3300 (telephone)     342-2376 (fax)       www.joslyn.org


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> Subject: Suggestion Regarding Binding and Corsetry
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>
> If those who have expressed umbrage in the recent
> discussion about foot binding, corsetry, and
> superimposing present-day value systems would take
> just half that oomph and apply it to some of the
> present-day problems, I think we could solve a LOT of
> today's ills.
>
> If we're just taking exception with one another,
> that's one thing.  But if you're as committed as you
> express here to resolving travesties, I've got a big
> old activist's laundry list of things you can start
> fixing--like present-day problems with slavery,
> human-rights violations, and the like.
>
> Why not put that rancor to good use?

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