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History of the collections

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Ethnographic objects in geneva's museums
Strange objects and natural history
Establishing a hierarchy for mankind
Exoticism as taste
The picturesque economy
The ambiguities of missionary collecting
Ethnography and international relations
No fieldwork without theory
From field to museum

History of the collections of the MEG

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Religious iconography
Hindu iconography
Chinese Buddhist iconography
Japanese Buddhist iconography
Tibetan Buddhist iconography
Writing
Power
Japan of the samourai
East Indies (Insulindia)
Colonial power and opium

Presentation of the Asia collection by Jérôme Ducor

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Instrument collections
Sound Archives

Presentation of the ethnomusicology collection by Madeleine Leclair

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The Northwest coast of America
The Inuit from Alaska to Greenland
The Southwest and Northeast of North America
Pre- Columbian Mesoamerica
Amazonia
Pre-Columbian South America

Presentation of the Americas collection

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Welcoming and sharing
Living in society
Wheat growing and human life cycles
The divine at hand
Leading, directing and governing
On the highways and byways
The balance of work

Presentation of the Europe collection by Federica Tamarozzi

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Ethiopia
Madagascar
Central Africa
East and Southern Africa
The Kingdoms of the Cameroon Grassfields
Gabon as Missionary Pastor Fernand Grébert Knew It
Edo and Yoruba in Nigeria
Benin
West Africa

Presentation of the Africa collection by Floriane Morin

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The art of navigation
The ’ahu’ula feather cloak
French Polynesia
Western Polynesia
The Māori
Australian Aborigines
The Kanak, the first inhabitants of New Caledonia
The Sepik, an art workshop
Vanuatu, "the country that stands up"
The Asmat of New Guinea
The malagan of New Ireland

Presentation of the Oceania collection by Roberta Colombo Dougoud