Ricezioni dell’Alterità nei musei missionari
Note su una raccolta cinese tra i conventi francescani di Parma e Rimini (1893-1943)
Abstract
In order to contribute to the mapping of missionary collecting in Italy between the 19th and 20th centuries, this paper presents the history of the collection assembled at the convent of SS. Annunziata in Parma at the end of the 19th century and relocated in 1927 to the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Rimini, where part of it is still on display, divided between the convent and the municipal Museo degli Sguardi. The study, focusing on the period from 1893 to 1943, examines the objects selected by missionaries to represent the worlds they experienced, the meanings these objects came to embody, and the outcomes of encounters with Otherness within and beyond the threshold of the convent, particularly in public exhibitions. Through this case study, the research reflects on interpretations of the ʽOtherʼ in missionary spaces, outlining how both objects and museums have been interpreted over time as economic resources, symbolic thresholds, tools of legitimation and memorial devices.
Submitted: Aug. 18, 2025 | Published Forthcoming | Language: it
Keywords Chinese collections • Museums • Missionary Collecting • Emilia-Romagna • Missionary exhibitions
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