Old institution, new perspective Postcolonialism and the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden from 1945 to 2013 Charlotte Maria Welling Cover page: Portrait sculpture from Cyprus, fifth century BC (www.rmo.nl). Charlotte Welling Hendrik Chabotstraat 2 3443 HV Woerden
[email protected] +31611233216 Old institution, new perspective Postcolonialism and the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden from 1945 to 2013 Charlotte Maria Welling s0908088 MA Thesis Archaeology Dr. M. Françozo Museum Studies University of Leiden, Faculty of Archaeology Leiden, June 11th 2015 Final version 1 Leiden University Charlotte Welling 2 Leiden University Charlotte Welling Table of contents Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................5 Chapter 1: Introduction .............................................................................................6 1.1 Structure and research questions ......................................................................7 1.2 Theoretical Framework ....................................................................................8 1.3 Methodology and research limitations ..............................................................9 Chapter 2: Postcolonialism.......................................................................................11 2.1 Decolonization and Postcolonialism ...............................................................11 2.2 Postcolonial studies and Archaeology .............................................................12