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In the world of the Late twentieth century, global flows of populations and cultural forros have politicized notions of culture, history and identity. In this context, museums and other arenas of public culture attract new forms of scrutiny and challenge by individuals and communities who speak from marginalised, and often highly politicized, social locations and identities. 1 The dilemma for anthropologists is that just as our theories about the construction of culture and the invention of tradition reach new stages of sophistication, previously marginalised peoples are constructing heroic histories and mobilizing ideas about authentic identities, and doing so as political strategies. They are pounding on the door of the representational stage, demanding not just images of themselves but representations which are controlled and produced by representatives of the community. There have been fundamental shifts within …