29.11.–15.12.2024

The research project Taking Back the Museum – Opening the Space of Community Museums to Recover the Art of Indigenous People (2021–2024) aims to reverse the pattern of taking Indigenous art objects to Western museums by collaborating with Indigenous communities while citing recent decolonial and post-human art discussions, which deal with Indigenous people and often stem from their communities originally. The exhibition Different Points of Return addresses the multi-layered outcomes of the project. The research project is funded by the Kone Foundation.

Research group

Hanna Ellen Guttorm, Katri Hirvonen-Nurmi, Lea Kantonen, Pekka Kantonen, Britt Kramvig, Stephanie Misa, Katarina Pirak-Sikku 

Steering group

Sarah Corona Berkin, Jelena Porsanger, Irja Seurujärvi-Kari, Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen

Artists

Juan Aurelio Carrillo Rios, Kukame Olegario Carrillo Rentería, Felícitas Chávez de la Rosa, Hanna Ellen Guttorm, Lea Kantonen, Pekka Kantonen, Stephanie Misa, Tɨkiema Yolanda Ortiz, Katarina Pirak Sikku, Kɨpaima Norma Robles, Hawiye Gregorio Sandoval