Helen Mears, Keeper of World Art, reflects on the legacies of a colonial collection of photographs: its importance as a record of ethnic histories and use value to Myanmar’s minority communities today. She also discusses recent museum initiatives to record the … Continued
The World Art collection at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery includes a small group of textiles made by women living in refugee camps near the Thailand/Myanmar border, in the Mae Hong Son area. Most of these women identified with the … Continued
Today marks the third anniversary of the breakdown of a 17-year ceasefire agreement between the Kachin Independence Army and Burmese government which has had tragic consequences for the Kachin community. The Kachin are an ethnic minority group based in northern … Continued
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