Cultural property and contested ownership. : The trafficking of artefacts and the quest for restitution / brigitta Hauser-Schaublin; Lyndel V. Prott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta.

Prott, Lyndel V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Repatriation.

Archaeological thefts.

Art thefts.

Restitution.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

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Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Taylor & Francis Ltd 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Against the backdrop of international conventions and their implementation, "Cultural Property and Contested Ownership" explores how highly-valued cultural goods are traded and negotiated among diverging parties and their interests. Cultural artefacts, such as those kept and trafficked between art dealers, private collectors and museums, have become increasingly localized in a 'Bermuda triangle' of colonialism, looting and the black market, with their re-emergence resulting in disputes of ownership and claims for return. This interdisciplinary volume provides the first book-length investigation of the changing behaviours resulting from the effect of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. The collection considers the impact of the Convention on the way antiquity dealers, museums and auction houses, as well as nation states and local communities, address issues of provenance, contested ownership, and the trafficking of cultural property. The book contains a range of contributions from anthropologists, lawyers, historians and archaeologists. Individual cases are examined from a bottom-up perspective and assessed from the viewpoint of international law in the Epilogue. Each section is contextualised by an introductory chapter from the editors.

Contents:

Part I Plunder, trafficking and return 21

1 Destruction and plunder of Cambodian cultural heritage and their consequences / Keiko Miura Miura, Keiko 23

2 Cambodia's struggle to protect its movable cultural property and Thailand / Alper Tasdelen Tasdelen, Alper 45

3 Looted, trafficked, donated and returned: the twisted tracks of Cambodian antiquities / Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta 64

Part II Between profit, authenticity and ethics 83

4 Struggles over historic shipwrecks in Indonesia: economic versus preservation interests / Mai Lin Tjoa-Bonatz Tjoa-Bonatz, Mai Lin 85

5 Faked biographies: the remake of antiquities and their sale on the art market / Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta, Sophorn Kim Kim, Sophorn 108

Part III Negotiating conditions of return 131

6 The Benin treasures: difficult legacy and contested heritage / Barbara Plankensteiner Plankensteiner, Barbara 133

7 Pre-Columbian heritage in contestation: the implementation of the UNESCO 1970 Convention on trial in Germany / Anne Splettstöger Splettstöger, Anne 156

8 Return logistics - repatriation business: managing the return of ancestral remains to New Zealand / Sarah Fründt Fründt, Sarah 178.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Cultural property and contested ownership. The trafficking of artefacts and the quest for restitution.

ISBN:

9781317281825

1317281829

1317281837

9781317281832

OCLC:

951625552

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