Item Number: 129512 Title: Museums and Restitution : New Practices, New Approaches Author: Tythacott, Louise ; Kostas Arvanitis (eds) Price: Not Available ISBN: 9781409435631 Description: Farnham: Ashgate, 2014. 24cm., hardcover, 189pp., 17 b&w illus. Contents: Museums and restitution: an introduction, Louise Tythacott and Kostas Arvanitis. Part I Overviews: Crossing the line: restitution and cultural equity, Tristram Besterman; 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: Repatriation: political will and museum facilities, Eeva-Kristiina Harlin and Anne May Olli; The practice of repatriation: a case study from New Zealand, Conal McCarthy; ‘A welcome and important part of their role’: the impact of repatriation on museums in Scotland, Neil Curtis; 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: Repatriating agency: animacy, personhood and agency in the repatriation of Ojibwe artefacts, Maureen Matthews; Debating the restitution of human remains from Dutch museum collections: the case of the skulls from Urk, Demelza van der Maas; A crate in the basement: on the works of Kazimir Malevich loaned to the Hanover Museum, Ines Katenhusen; Claiming the Parthenon Marbles back: whose claim and on behalf of whom?, Kalliopi Fouseki. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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