摘要：This paper seeks to contribute to the critical debate about
curatorial practices and how museums can be
transformed into cultural centres that are ‘decolonising’
their objects whilst simultaneously providing social
agency to marginalised groups such as indigenous
peoples. An exploration of new media theory, installation
art and online museums allows us to examine to what
extent an online museum might provide scope to further
the debate about how indigenous heritage can be
displayed and curated. Through a case study of a
hypothetical online museum of the San’s culture, we
theorise and explore in what shape and form an online
museum might play a role in the communication, support,
and safeguarding of the culture and heritage of the San.
While online museums may, and have, taken various
forms, we argue that a digitised reproduction of three
dimensional objects within virtual rooms is not a valuable
method for achieving inclusivity. Instead, inspired by new
media art, we engage with a new way of classifying
material which allows interactivity and communication
between the visitor and curator (i.e. indigenous peoples)
through the creation of both the database of, and the
interface(s) to, the material archived in the online
indigenous museum.
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