Monumental Shadows: On Museums, Memory and the Making of History

Edited with introduction by Nora Razian. Text by Haytham El Wardany, Jumana Manna, Uzma Rizvi, et al.

A critical investigation into the material heritage and entangled histories of Western encyclopedic museums

This volume gathers commissioned essays, interviews and visual contributions from artists and writers exploring the terrain of material heritage, colonial heritage, reparation and museology. Bringing together a multiplicity of voices and formats, the timely publication considers some of the most pressing debates around museums today.