The comparative historical investigation of imperialism through the lens of collecting practices, museum archetypes and museums proper, helps shape our understanding of contemporary aesthetics and diversity management as well as helps identify what is imperial about our own approaches to material culture.
The first detailed attempt to examine critically the concept of 'subaltern' or alternative and peripheral spaces in the pre-modern city.
General Editors: Koen Vermeir & Dániel Margócsy
The Techne series publishes books in all fields of history that examine the skills, techniques, technologies or material cultures of knowledge, including media.