Orientalism and the universal museumFelipe Ramos, Ana Júlia (Avtor) Gomes de Oliveira, Madson Luis (Avtor) De Sousa Barreto, Rodrigo (Avtor) expographyOrientalismSeduction of the OrientNational Historical Museum (MHN)Macao Museum of ArtThe article focuses on unravelling the discourses that guide the expographies of two exhi­bitions that are distinct, but which have Asia at their thematic core. The work is based on decolonial literature, drawing on notions developed by Edward Said, Aníbal Quijano and Homi K. Bhabha, which are used to decipher the narrative present in the exhibition Se­duction of the Orient (2008) at the National Historical Museum in Brazil. From the anal­ysis of this exhibition under decolonial concepts, a comparative examination is structured with the exhibition Stately Demeanour: Costumes of the Qing Emperors and Empresses from the Collection of the Palace Museum (2020) at the Macao Museum of Art. In order to better explain the curatorial differences and their nuances, two similar items belonging to the Qing dynasty, one from each show, were highlighted and both their expographies and catalogues were analysed in a comparative line. The work then investigates, using two similar pieces, the different understandings of Asia expressed in the expographic discourses, and seeks to point out the premises behind these differences and the modes of representing otherness within the museum-exhibition space.20262026-10-29 15:35:16Članek v reviji190562sl