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Who Decolonises Decolonisation?

What changes when museums adopt the language of decolonisation but retain the authority to name, classify and decide? Drawing on his TheMuseumsLab journey through Berlin, Gothenburg and Addis Ababa — and on the CRDS becoming a host institution one year later — Alioune Samb’s reflection asks: if objects move but the power to define them does not, what exactly has been decolonised?

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The Launch of Decolonising Practices | CollabFund

The Decolonising Practices team reflects on the journey of creating their new online platform—a growing archive for sharing and exploring decolonising practices across Europe, Africa, and beyond.

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Did You Remember to Water Your Houseplants?

Drawing on her observations from Kigali, Yevheniia Moliar reflects on how colonial histories remain embedded in everyday life, from domestic spaces to the public realm.

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A monstera at the Kigali Genocide Memorial | Photo by Yevheniia Moliar

Groundwork in Motion: Artist Notes | CollabFund

An insight into the CollabFund project Re-Rooted by Eno Inyangete, following artists Fatma Elzahraa and Wacelia Zualo as they lay the crucial groundwork for their respective projects.

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From Remote Preparation to Meeting in Person: Digital Archive Footprints | CollabFund

The Digital Archive Footprints team traces collections from Limbe to Berlin, exploring archives, digitisation, local knowledge, and access to collections.

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From Repositories to Relationships: Rethinking the Future of Museums

In her reflections on the first two Modules of TheMuseumsLab 2026, Fellow Margaret Otieno explores questions of memory, representation, community participation, and what it means to put communities at the centre of museum and heritage practice.

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Exploring an exhibition at the Stasi Museum

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