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Ancestral (re) turn. Repatriation and decolonization of anthropological collections 
Convenor:
Diego Ballestero (Universität Bonn)
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Stream:
MUSEUMS AND MATERIALITIES
:
Room K-207
Sessions:
Wednesday 15 June, -
Time zone: Europe/London

Short Abstract:

This panel address: provenance research experiences and repatriation processes, collaborative projects with Indigenous people in the research and exhibition of their cultural heritage, museum and their colonial past, the decolonization of museums and their construction as spaces of decoloniality.

Long Abstract:

Historically, the bodies of the cultural “others” satisfied the demands of leisure entertainment, social control and science. Dissected, photographed and exhibited, these bodies were a space and a constant material reminder of symbolic and material colonization. In recent decades, those constructed as cultural “others” have begun to demand the return of their ancestors, being one of the most politically visible expressions the repatriation of indigenous remains exhibited in museal spaces. These processes have led to a deep questioning of the epistemological and ontological categories that sustained the anthropological knowledge and led to a conceptual, epistemological and political reconfiguration of museums and the practices carried out there.

Taking these debates into account, the contributions of this panel address, but are not limited to: provenance research experiences and repatriation processes, collaborative projects with Indigenous people in the research and exhibition of their cultural heritage, difficulties and challenges of museum management in relation to their colonial past and how to continue contributing to the decolonization of museums and their construction as spaces of decoloniality.

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Session 1 Wednesday 15 June, 2022, -
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