Entangled Collections: Colonial Histories and the Ethics of Ownership and Stewardship
May 18, 2022, 9-10:30am PDT
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Benin bronze / Photo credit: Matt Neale (CC BY-SA 2.0)
This session will provide an overview of the global history of colonialism and its outsized role in the development of cultural heritage collections, particularly in the Western world. Using examples of repatriation to Africa and Southeast Asia, panelists will discuss the ethics of ownership and stewardship, the fight by formerly-colonized countries to reclaim their heritage, and what constitutes full restitution.
Speakers:
- Alice Procter, art historian and writer
- Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art, New Orleans Museum of Art
- Panggah Ardiyansyah, PhD candidate, History of Art and Archaeology Department, SOAS University of London
Moderator: Susan Slyomovics, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, UCLA
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