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HIST 101: World History to 1500 - Harding

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The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution

Ebook. "Few artefacts embody this history of rapacious and extractive colonialism better than the Benin Bronzes... The Brutish Museums sits at the heart of a heated debate about cultural restitution, repatriation and the decolonisation of museums. Since its first publication, museums across the western world have begun to return their Bronzes to Nigeria, heralding a new era in the way we understand the collections of empire we once took for granted."

Contested Holdings: Museum Collections in Political, Epistemic and Artistic Processes of Return

Ebook. "Going beyond strictly legal and property-oriented aspects of the restitution debate, restitution is considered as part of a larger set of processes of return that affect museums and collections, as well as notions of heritage and object status. Covering a range of case studies and a global geography, the authors aim to historicize and bring depth to contemporary debates in relation to both the return of material culture and human remains."

Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: The Crisis of Cultural Authority

Ebook. "Since the late 1970s human remains in museum collections have been subject to claims and controversies, such as demands for repatriation by indigenous groups who suffered under colonization. These requests have been strongly contested by scientists who research the material and consider it unique evidence. This book charts the influences at play on the contestation over human remains and examines the construction of this problem from a cultural perspective."

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