Full Description
This book examines contemporary approaches to restitution from the perspective of museums. It focuses on the ways in which these institutions have been addressing the subject at a regional, national and international level. In particular, it explores contemporary practices and recent claims, and investigates to what extent the question of restitution as an issue of ownership is still at large, or whether museums have found additional ways to conceptualise and practice restitution, by thinking beyond the issue of ownership. The challenges, benefits and drawbacks of recent and current museum practice are explored. At the same time, the book discusses how these museum practices are received , and informed, by source communities, institutional and governmental agendas and visitors' expectations in order to explore issues of authority, collaboration and shared or conflicting values between the different communities involved in the process. This important book will contribute to the developing body of literature that academics, professionals, policy makers and students can refer to in order to understand how restitution has been negotiated, 'materialised', practiced and evaluated within museums.
Contents
Chapter 1 Museums and Restitution: An Introduction, Louise Tythacott, Kostas Arvanitis; Part I Overviews; Chapter 2 Crossing the Line: Restitution and Cultural Equity, Tristram Besterman; Chapter 3 Authority and the Power of Place: Exploring the Legitimacy of Authorized and Alternative Voices in the Restitution Discourse, Piotr Bienkowski; Part II Perspectives from Around the World; Chapter 4 Repatriation: Political Will and Museum Facilities, Eeva-Kristiina Harlin, Anne May Olli; Chapter 5 The Practice of Repatriation: A Case Study from New Zealand, Conal McCarthy; Chapter 6 'A Welcome and Important Part of their Role': The Impact of Repatriation on Museums in Scotland, Neil Curtis; Chapter 7 In Consideration of Restitution: Understanding and Transcending the Limits of Repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Helen A. Robbins; Part III Reflections on Returns; Chapter 8 Repatriating Agency: Animacy, Personhood and Agency in the Repatriation of Ojibwe Artefacts, Maureen Matthews; Chapter 9 Debating the Restitution of Human Remains from Dutch Museum Collections: The Case of the Skulls from Urk, Demelza van der Maas; Chapter 10, Ines Katenhusen; Chapter 11 Claiming the Parthenon Marbles Back: Whose Claim and on Behalf of Whom?, Kalliopi Fouseki;
