トマス・ピクトン師団長(中将)はワーテルローの戦いで死亡した中では最高位に属するそうな。ナポレオンからの解放を成し遂げた英雄のひとり―ではあるものの、当時からトリニダードでの奴隷取り扱いで悪評があったのだとかで―この度、博物館での肖像画展示を取りやめるとのこと。
BBC Cardiff museum takes down slave owner Thomas Picton's portrait 3 Nov 2021
「A portrait of Welsh slave owner Sir Thomas Picton labelling him a hero has been removed by National Museum Wales.
Picton has been celebrated as a hero who died at the Battle of Waterloo.」
「But as governor of Trinidad he abused the slaves he owned, and was known as a tyrant even at the time.」
リフレーミング・ピクトン、という運動があるそうな。
「The decision to remove the portrait - which had been on display for more than 100 years - was made as part of Reframing Picton, a youth-led initiative involving Amgueddfa Cymru and community partner the Sub Sahara Advisory Panel (SSAP).」
この運動は若者が主導する運動だということで。…紅衛兵かな、という気は多少する。
「"It's almost like a new era in some ways, especially looking at who he was, what he stood for, what he did," he said.
"It does bring a new chapter in terms of conversations about race, diversity, inclusiveness."」
新しい時代の新しい倫理で位置づけなおす―というのは、そりゃあ我々、延々やってきたことではありますが。多少なりとも「もにょる」という感はやはり、ある。
BBC Cardiff museum takes down slave owner Thomas Picton's portrait 3 Nov 2021
「A portrait of Welsh slave owner Sir Thomas Picton labelling him a hero has been removed by National Museum Wales.
Picton has been celebrated as a hero who died at the Battle of Waterloo.」
「But as governor of Trinidad he abused the slaves he owned, and was known as a tyrant even at the time.」
リフレーミング・ピクトン、という運動があるそうな。
「The decision to remove the portrait - which had been on display for more than 100 years - was made as part of Reframing Picton, a youth-led initiative involving Amgueddfa Cymru and community partner the Sub Sahara Advisory Panel (SSAP).」
この運動は若者が主導する運動だということで。…紅衛兵かな、という気は多少する。
「"It's almost like a new era in some ways, especially looking at who he was, what he stood for, what he did," he said.
"It does bring a new chapter in terms of conversations about race, diversity, inclusiveness."」
新しい時代の新しい倫理で位置づけなおす―というのは、そりゃあ我々、延々やってきたことではありますが。多少なりとも「もにょる」という感はやはり、ある。
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