Historical culture by restitution? : : a debate on art, museums, and justice /

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

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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)
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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
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