Human Zoo

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs ethnological exposition
ethnological show
gptkbp:country gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:declinedAfter mid-20th century
gptkbp:displayedPeople gptkb:Aboriginal_Australians
gptkb:Native_Americans
gptkb:Filipinos
gptkb:Africans
gptkb:Asians
Indigenous people
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 19th century
early 20th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Human Zoo
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:colonialism
imperialism
social Darwinism
pseudo-scientific theories
gptkbp:legacy condemned as racist and unethical
gptkbp:location gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaType books
documentaries
museum exhibitions
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:1904_St._Louis_World's_Fair
Belgian Congo exhibit
Paris Exposition of 1889
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Ota_Benga
gptkb:Saartjie_Baartman
gptkbp:opposedBy human rights activists
anti-racism movements
gptkbp:purpose display humans in a manner similar to animals in a zoo
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:scientific_racism
gptkb:World's_Fairs
human rights abuses
exoticism
colonial exhibitions
gptkbp:subjectOf criticism for colonialism
criticism for racism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Freedom_of_Sound
gptkb:Electric_Six
gptkb:Rie_Rasmussen
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7