Today Burundi resembles a torn-apart patchwork of Batutsi
and
Bahutu colonies by being divided territorially into almost isolated
enclaves, ethnically purified to a high degree, and more or less closed
off from their surrounding areas. Most Batutsi believe that they can
only live in security if sheltered by the army in various urban
agglomerations, including the capital, Bujumbura. By way of contrast,
most Bahutu are to be found in the hills of the countryside in an often
entrenched and hidden way, and close to economic self-sufficiency.
Such an unusual situation is undoubtedly a big challenge to the
relations that need to be established between state authorities and
citizens in rural as well as urban areas.
Today, anthropological museums have to reach out to external stakeholders toreprocess and reappraise the history and acquisition of their collections. They aremuch more than mere interpreters of a past heritage, but institutions having a placein contemporary history to debate and shape ever-evolving cultures grounded inboth local and global concerns. The paper explores these questions using theexample of an ongoing trilateral museum partnership in knowledge generationbetween Uganda and Switzerland.
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