Displacing and Displaying the Objects of Others : The Materiality of Identity and Depots of Global History.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimmerer, Jürgen, author.

Contributor:

Todzi, Kim Sebastian.

Odenwald, Friederike.

Series:

European Colonialism in Global Perspective Series

European Colonialism in Global Perspective Series ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture--History.

Material culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024.

Summary:

Displacing and Displaying the Objects of Others is a thought-provoking collection that brings together a diverse range of contributions inspired by research from the "Hamburg's (post-)colonial legacy" research center.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Displacing/Displaying the Objects of Others: Towards a Holistic Approach in (Post-)Colonial Provenance Research

Research Chapters

The Cameroon Collection in the Übersee- Museum: Constellations of Actors and the Consequences of Collecting

Settler Colonialism and Collecting for Museums: The Namibia Collection in Bremen's Übersee-Museum (1880s to 1970s)

Fighting Fictions - Producing 'Truths': Tracing the Discursive Struggles Over the 'Benin Bronzes'

'Trophy Colonialism' and the East African Collections in the Übersee-Museum Bremen, 1882-1939

Outlook

'Terms' of Trade, and the Acquisition of Cultural Properties. A Reflection from Tanzania on Terminology in European Museums

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-11-133556-9

OCLC:

1515462080