Madsen, Yasmin Masui (2024) Green Governmentalities: Narratives of Nature Displayed in a Frisian Natural History Museum. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
Natural history museums (NHM) are a site of green governmentality, imparting a certain truth about nature through various power-laden authorities and tools. Through this, the visitor subjects themselves to understanding nature through the narratives that are imposed upon them. This study uses Natuurmuseum Fryslân (NF) as a case study, to explore how they use their power as a green governmentality to shape narratives of nature. Through conducting discourse analysis and an interview, the narratives, the strategies for intervention, the authorities, and the modes of subjectification are investigated. In other words, it asks: what narratives are displayed; by who; how; and what subjects are thus created?. The narratives were understood through human-nature archetypes. The main findings were that narratives relating to mastery - that is, human control of nature - were most prominent in the museum. Narratives relating to idealism - that is, preserving and protecting nature - were almost non-existent. Therefore, recommendations to reduce mastery narratives and increase idealism narratives were provided. The recommendations include what strategies to use and what authorities to introduce, in order to create a subject that can criticise the colonial histories and past portrayals of nature at NHMs and have motivation to continue to fight for nature.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Garzon Lopez, C.X. |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2024 08:35 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2024 08:35 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/424 |
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