Historical culture by restitution? : : a debate on art, museums, and justice / / edited by Thomas Sandkühler [and nine others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Sandkühler, Thomas, 1962-
• Place / Publishing House: Münster, Germany : : Brill Deutschland GmbH,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (470 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Table of Contents -- H. Glenn Penny, University of California Los Angeles: Preface to the English Edition -- Thomas Sandkühler, Angelika Epple, Jürgen Zimmerer: Restitution and Historical Culture in the (Post)Colonial Context. Facets of a Challenging Debate -- 1 Colonial Appropriation -- 2 Traditions of the Restitution Debate -- 3 Restitution and Historical Culture -- 4 Contaminated Science -- 5 Preliminary Conclusions -- 6 The Moving State of Affairs: A 2022-23 Supplement -- I. Positions -- Erhard Schüttpelz: The Brief Moment of the Restitution Debate and its Long Duration.. A Twin Text -- Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin: Provenance Research between Politicized Truth Claims and Systemic Diversionary Tactics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Qualms about the Legitimacy of Moral Superiority -- 3 A Blind Spot -- 4 Political and Eurocentric Terms -- 5 The Art Market and Non-European "Art" -- 6 Elitist Cultural Documents-Identity-Establishing in Favor of Whom? -- 7 Provenance Research-an Undertaking in the Service of the Free Market Economy -- Rebekka Habermas: Rescue Paradigm and Preservation Fetishism or: The Restitution Debate-Deep-Rooted in European Modernity? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Situation around 1900: Collecting and Rescuing in Ethnology and beyond the Discipline's Boundaries-Inside and Outside Europe -- 3 The Crisis of Modernity around 1900 and a Kind of Federal Nationalism -- 4 On Current Debates -- Hermann Parzinger: Shared Heritage as an Opportunity.. Coming to Terms with the Colonial Past Means More than Restitution Alone -- Hartmut Dorgerloh: Building Bridges-The Humboldt Forum in Berlin.. Revisiting Approach and Content-How Engaging in Multi-Voiced Participation Can Create a New Awareness -- Mirjam Brusius: Decolonize the Museum Island!. Museum Narratives, Race Theory, and Opportunities in a Much Too Quiet Debate -- 1 Introduction.

2 Complicit Partners: Imperialist Destruction and Museum Preservation -- 3 Accomplices from the Very Beginning: Race and Racism -- II. Case Studies -- Benno Nietzel: Protection of Cultural Property in Europe since the 19th Century between Legalization and Colonial Practice.. Remarks from a Historical Perspective on the Current Debate -- 1 A Debate with a History -- 2 Cultural Heritage and the Law of War -- 3 Archaeology in Non-European Regions and National Cultural Heritage -- 4 Colonial Othering and Benin Art -- 5 Some Conclusions and Proposals -- Till Förster: Alternatives to Restitution under Consideration.. Local Perspectives on a Global Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Meeting an Old Carver -- 3 "Look for the old stuff!" -- 4 Entanglements -- 5 Is a Reunion Possible? -- Flower Manase: Restitution and Repatriation of Objects of Colonial Context.. The Status of Debates in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya National Museums -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The structure of restitution debates in museums -- 3 Challenges to Sustainable Restitution Debates in East Africa -- 4 Conclusion -- Safua Akeli Amaama: Restitution and Dialogue Towards Collaboration.. Some Considerations from Samoa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Germany in Samoa -- 3 Samoa's Heritage -- 4 Samoa-German Exhibitions -- 5 Digital Archives and Museum Objects -- 6 Considering Restitution -- 7 Conclusion -- Osarhieme Benson Osadolor: The Benin Sculptures.. Colonial Injustice and the Restitution Question -- 1 Introduction -- 2 British Invasion: The Plundering and Burning of the City -- 3 The Plundered Sculptures Are Significant Cultural Heritage of Benin -- 4 Restitution Question and the Benin Dialogue Group -- 5 Conclusion -- Lukas H. Meyer: Justice in Time.. A Future-Oriented Rationale for Returning the Padrão from Germany to Namibia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Compensatory Justice -- 3 Future-Oriented Restitution.

4 Concluding Remarks -- III. A Postcolonial Germany? -- Andreas Eckert: The "Rediscovery" of German Colonialism -- 1 Searching for the Blind Spots in History -- 2 Colonial Past and Commemorative Practices -- 3 Globalization of Memory? Interconnections and the Voices of the "Others" -- 4 Conclusion: How do we figure out what colonialism is? -- Thomas Thiemeyer: Postcolonial Germany?. Genealogical and Cosmopolitan Memory Culture -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Postcolonial Theory and Immigrant Society -- 3 Humboldt Forum -- 4 A New Culture of Remembrance and Cultural Heritage -- 5 Genealogical and Cosmopolitan Culture of Memory -- David Simo: Forms and Functions of the Memory of Colonization.. The Humboldt Forum and Postcolonial Germany -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Debate's Heuristic Significance -- 3 The Deconstruction of the Traditional National Narrative -- 4 A Critique of the Colonial Library -- 5 A Reconsideration of the Conditions That Render It Possible to Coexist in the Globalized Postcolonial World -- 6 Perspectives for Fighting against Oblivion -- Viola König: The Berlin Ethnologisches Museum.. Its New Role as a Catalyst in the Humboldt Forum and the Implications for the German Restitution Debate -- 1 The Berlin Ethnologisches Museum, the Origin of Its Collections, and Early Referrals -- 2 German Art History and Its Neglect of Colonialism and Restitution -- 3 The Humboldt Forum as a catalyst and the "rediscovery" of old debates on restitution -- 4 Universities versus Museums? A Complicated Relationship -- 5 Cuius Regio, Eius Religio-Whose Realm, Their Religion-Respectively Cultural Policy. Ethnological Museums and Their Regional Political Dependencies -- 6 Restitution-Just a Political Decision? -- 7 Epilogue: The Humboldt Forum is fully open but unfinished. What now? -- IV. Legal History and Historical Culture.

Sheila Heidt: Colonial Injustice, Restitution Claims, and Provenance Research -- 1 Introduction -- 2 (Legal and) Historical Backgrounds -- 3 Returns-Legal Basis and Challenges -- 4 Provenance Research and Restitution of Cultural Property -- Matthias Goldmann, Beatriz von Loebenstein: Thieves in the Temple.. On the Role of Legal Provenance Research in the Restitution of Colonial Artefacts -- 1 Restitution and Legal Provenance Research -- 2 Legal Provenance Research and Postcolonial Legal Theory -- 3 Case Studies -- 4 Restitution Policy between the Conflicting Notions of Self-Attribution and Attribution by Others -- Judith Hackmack, Wolfgang Kaleck: Why Restitutions Matter.. A Legal Reasoning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Restitution in Contexts of Historical Violence and Injustice -- 3 Restitution against the Background of Postcolonial Power Relations and Legal Structures Shaped by Colonization -- 4 Restitution between States -- 5 Restitution to Individuals and Human Rights -- 6 Dealing with Postcolonial Power Structures -- Bettina Brockmeyer: One Tooth, One Film, and One (Hi)Story?. Reflections on the Role of Historiography in the Restitution Debates -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Law -- 3 The Public -- 4 History -- 5 Conclusion -- Christoph Zuschlag: Provenance, Restitution, and Historical Culture -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Provenance Research -- 3 Recent Provenance Research and Restitution Issues with Due Regard to Nazi-Looted Goods -- 4 Current Provenance Research and Restitution Measures Concerning Cultural Objects from Colonial Contexts -- 5 The Restitution Debate and its Historical and Memory-Cultural Dimensions from the Perspective of Provenance Research -- : List of authors -- : Acknowledgments -- Leere Seite -- Leere Seite.