Resist, Reclaim, Retrieve

The Long History of the Struggle for the Restitution of Cultural Heritage and Ancestral Remains Taken under Colonial Conditions

Larissa Förster, Jan Hüsgen, Sarah Fründt, Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9783110989243
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art General

Die Debatte um die Rückgabe von Kulturgütern an ehemalige Kolonialgebiete ist hoch aktuell und zugleich viel älter als den meisten bekannt. Im vorliegenden Band beleuchten Autor*innen aus Ländern des Globalen Südens und Nordens die lange Geschichte der Forderungen nach der Rückgabe von Kulturgütern und menschlichen Überresten aus kolonisierten Ländern. Sie zeichnen oft jahrzehntelange Auseinandersetzungen über Restitutionen nach, spüren verdeckte Hinweise auf Gewalt der ehemaligen Kolonialmächte in den Archiven auf und diskutieren, was die "Heimkehr" menschlicher Gebeine für Gesellschaften bedeuten kann.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Greeting
• Preface
• Preface
• The Long Durée of Claims and the Longanimity of Claimants
• Introduction
• An Early Restitution Request from Oba Akenzua II of Benin: Looted Art and Replicas in Nigeria in the Twentieth Century
• Archaeology in the Neocolonial Era: Why Were Early Calls for the Return of Cultural Objects to Peru and Colombia Ignored?
• Wampum Belts and Potlatch Treasures: North American Repatriation Cases Preceding NAGPRA
• Artists’ Feathers Serving the Conservation In Situ of Archaeological Remains: Timeless Proponents of Modern Debates
• Restitutions before the International Restitution Debate
• Introduction
• The Political Significance of Elephant War Horns in Kpando: Creation, Confiscation, and Restitution, 1870–1916
• The Return of the Mafue Stone in the 1920s and the Struggle of Its Collector Hans Schomburgk for His Reputation
• Building a Cultural Legacy and a National Memory: The Repatriation of the “Bascom” Bronzes
• Archives and the Decolonization Process in Senegal, 1958–1960
• Repatriation without Ethics: Apathy and Isolationism in the Return of Colonial Collections from UK Museums, 1945–1970
• Claims to the Crac des Chevaliers during the French Mandate and Syrian Independence
• Ancestors, National Heroes, World Heritage
• Introduction
• Born of Spiritual Obligation: Australian First Nations and the Repatriation of the Ancestral Dead
• The Making of National Relics: The Return of a Throne and a Skull in Colonial Sri Lanka
• Stirring Up a Hornet’s Nest or Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie? Historical Narratives of the Whereabouts of Human Remains from Iringa, Tanzania
• Spotlights
• Introduction
• Africa and the Restitution of Its Heritage Resources: Why Now?
• Decolonizing Negotiation for the Restitution of Congolese Heritage Acquired during Belgian Colonization
• The “Gomen Affair”: Protesting Against the Trafficking of Kanak Objects
• In Pursuit of Pono: Seeking Justice through the Return of Ancestral Hawaiian Remains and Their Belongings from the Collection of Eduard Arning
• Contributors
• Image Credits