The majority of contributions were originally presented at two conferences "The Global Future of Local Art Museums", held at IFK Vienna, Jan. 19-21, 2006, and at ZKM Karlsruhe, June 24-25, 2006
Contemporary art and the museum in the global age / Hans Belting -- Museum politics in Africa / Claude Ardouin -- Visibility in the art world : the voice of Rasheed Araeen / Andrea Buddensieg -- Beyond Euramerica / John Clark -- A museum or a center for Mexican contemporaneity? / Karen Cordero Reiman -- Museums for the people? Two joint projects for Haiti and the Congo / Bogumil Jewsiewicki -- Reflections on the global south / Beral Madra -- A new geography of art institutions / John Onians -- Beyond the white cube / Peter Weibel -- Our Bauhaus others' mudhouse / Rasheed Araeen -- Exhibiting cultures / Hans Belting -- The impossible look : a view from Africa / Mamadou Diawara -- The mestizo mind / Serge Gruzinski -- Global culture : an Arab view / Salma Khadra Jayyusi -- Beyond the box : a view from India / Rustom Bharucha -- The global future of local art museums : the cultural practice of local memory and the rise of global art IFK Vienna, 19-21 January 2006 / Hans Belting -- The global challenge of art museums ZKM/Karlsruhe, 24-25 June 2006 / Andrea Buddensieg
