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Papua

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 Welcome to the Acquisition Disorder podcast, the show where we select a modern board game and use it as a jumping-off point to discuss museum practice, past and present, and colonial histories and legacies. I’m your host, Izzy Bartley, and in our final episode, we’re joining a 19th-century jungle expedition and exploring the practices and ethics of historical natural science collecting and what it feels like to play the colonial explorer.How does the game Papua reflect past museum practices and colonial violences? To help me unpick these themes, I’m joined by two colleagues from Leeds Museums and Galleries: Clare Brown, Curator of Natural Sciences, Community Curator Rathi Tamilselven.In this episode, we discuss:Pith Helmets and Pastiche: An analysis of the game’s cover art and the tropes that rely on outdated, Eurocentric representations of both explorers and Indigenous Papuan people.The "White Man" Default: A conversation on the lack of diversity in the board game industry, the experience of being forced to play through a White male lens and inauthentic representations.The Price of Prestige: How the 19th-century "man of science" used expeditions to the "wilds of the Empire" to prove their worth and standing in cities like Leeds.Bidding on People: A critical look at the inclusion of "tribe cards" in the game, the bidding and scoring mechanisms which assign equal value to Indigenous people, beetles and birds, and the history of western museums collecting human remains.Knowledge Extraction: How local "Indigenous knowledge" is only valued once it’s been elevated to "Western science".The "Leeds Tiger": The fascinating and problematic history of one of Leeds’ most famous museum objects—from its origin as a 19th-century hunting trophy to its modern role as a tool for discussing Empire and species conservation.From Hunting to Conservation: How modern museum ethics and the Nagoya Protocol have transformed the way we collect and protect biodiversity today.So join us as we roll dice, shuffle cards and above all, geek out over great conversations.References and further readingYou can read a transcript of this conversation here and see the board game Papua here.Papua (game) on BoardGameGeek Edward Said, Orientalism (book)Retribution by Edward Armitage (painting, can be seen in Leeds Art Gallery)Wellcome Collection (museum)Leeds Discovery Centre (museum)Nagoya Protocol (legal framework)Why is Board Gaming so White and Male? (article)Production Credits: This podcast was supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (grant number AH/R012733/1) through the White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities. This production was supported by Research Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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