INDIGENISMO FRENTE AL RACISMO, CUESTIONES DE ÉTICA EN UN MARCO MUSEOLÓGICO

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to review the functions and responsibilities of an ethnological museum in a developing country. I propose that ethnological museum is treated differently in a developing country than it is in a developed country and I discuss the reasons for this from an ethical standpoint. I have decided to focus my research on an ethnological museum in the Dominican Republic due to its complex history of identity issues that still are still prevalent today, and how these issues are and perceived in a museological setting. The Dominican Republic is a nation riddled with polemic idiosyncrasies in relation to how people identify themselves ethnoculturally. For many be they geographical, colonial, or governmental—Dominicans tend to ignore their African roots and express a deep contempt for blackness.