Inconvenient heritage : colonial collections and restitution in the Netherlands and Belgium /

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The discussion about objects, human remains and archives from former colonial territories is becoming increasingly heated. Over the centuries, a multitude of items - including a cannon of the King of Kandy, power-objects from DR Congo, Benin bronzes, Javanese temple statues, M.ori heads and strategi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beurden, Jos van (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Anthropological museums and collections > Moral and ethical aspects > Netherlands.
Anthropological museums and collections > Moral and ethical aspects > Belgium.
Museums > Acquisitions > Moral and ethical aspects > Netherlands.
Museums > Acquisitions > Moral and ethical aspects > Belgium.
Cultural property > Repatriation > Netherlands.
Cultural property > Repatriation > Belgium.
Anthropologie > Musées et collections > Aspect moral > Pays-Bas.
Anthropologie > Musées et collections > Aspect moral > Belgique.
Musées > Acquisitions > Aspect moral > Pays-Bas.
Musées > Acquisitions > Aspect moral > Belgique.
Patrimoine culturel > Restitution > Pays-Bas.
Patrimoine culturel > Restitution > Belgique.
Museology and heritage studies.
National liberation and independence, post-colonialism.
ART / Museum Studies.
Cultural property > Repatriation
Colonialism and imperialism.
Archaeology.
Belgium
Netherlands
Colonial collections, decolonisation, restitution, Belgium, Congo, Indonesia, the Netherlands.
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  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • PART I A DECISIVE PHASE IN AN OLD DEBATE?
  • 1. Choosing colonial collections
  • 2. The great heritage migration
  • 3. Museums in motion
  • 4. The 'sans-papiers' of colonialism
  • PART II THRIFTY RETURNS IN THE 1970S
  • 5. Indonesia, The Netherlands and Diponegoro's Kris
  • 6. Congo, Belgium and Leopold's troublesome legacy
  • 7. Suriname, The Caribbean and The Netherlands: more returns on the way?
  • PART III RECENT RETURNS
  • 8. The campaign for Māori heads
  • 9. Fruitful cooperation around archives
  • 10. Farewell to over 18,000 objects from the museum Nusantara
  • 11. Benin dialogue group: A model for a European approach?
  • PART IV PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
  • LESS VISIBLE, BUT NOT LESS IMPORTANT
  • 12. Missionary organisations and superfluous collections
  • 13. Colonial objects in trade and in private ownership
  • PART V TOWARDS A NEW ETHICS
  • 14. Lessons from settler colonies and the restitution of Nazi-Looted art
  • 15. Trust, equality and justice
  • Acknowledgements
  • Works cited
  • Index

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