Wielokulturowość w wystawach północnego Queensland (Australia)
Multicultural exhibitions in north Queensland, Australia

Summary/Abstract: The focus of this paper is the introduction of multicultural policy into museums’ exhibi-tion programmes in Far North Queensland: in the city of Cairns and its nearby area. The first part examines the principles of cultural pluralism developed by the ICOM and related organizations, as well as the principles of Australian multiculturalism ― with special refer-ence to museum work ― that were created by Polish sociologist, professor Jerzy Zubrzycki during the years 1977-1992. The second part of the paper presents six examples of practical implementation of multicultural policies in exhibitions organised in north Queensland. The participants of those projects were Chinese, Polish and other groups of Europeans immigrants, Papua New Guineans, Laotian Hmong refugees as well as local Aboriginal people. Several approaches towards the presentation of culturally diverse heritage have been presented. In the final section the author examines the agency of exhibitions in the creation of cross-cultural community relations.

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