The UAE Zayed National Museum: A question of epistemological identity
This article was written for Shawati, an arts and culture coffee table book that's published every three months by ADACH. Be warned, it's a bit of a read.
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What is a national museum? An artifice to bygone valour and glory? A genuine starting point of exploration into the world and its many cultures? A badge of national pride with aesthetics reminding us of disposable income? Or perhaps, it's an ever-iterating quest for an indefinable ideal wherein an entire nation's ambitions, valour and past can be condensed into a few thousand metres of space.
