Repatriation

The marbles are the subject of a custody battle. Supporters of repatriation argue that the Parthenon Marbles are part of the fifth century Temple of Athena and thus can best be appreciated closer to their point of origin. Additionally, repatriation supporters assert that Greece has become experts at restoring other parts of the Parthenon whereas Britain's restoration efforts have resulted in damage to the marble. Opponents of repatriation assert the Parthenon Marbles are relics of the Athenian…

There are those that walk the line between supporting art repatriation and denying art repatriation. Director of the Dallas Museum of Art, Maxwell Anderson, is one of those people. Anderson believes that efforts should be taken to return these stolen artifacts to their country of origin and he has even enforced the art repatriation campaign within the Dallas Museum of Art. Though he shows great support for the movement he does have his limits. He believes that after a certain, unspecified,…

museums collect sacred and culturally important materials, fail to represent culture properly, and instead offer an unapologetic display of violent colonialism past (Pensley 37). In the poem “how to steal a canoe” by Leanne Simpson, the story of the repatriation of a canoe from a museum by two characters, kwe and akiwenzii, is explored. Simpson’s poem engages with the issue of reclaiming cultural objects and Simpson connect this activism to reestablishment and regeneration of Indigenous…

Stone. The tablet that taught the world so much about the “Land of the Pharaohs” now is safely secured in England. Despite of a growing national movement to return antiquities to the culture of origin, England must ask themselves before granting repatriation of the Stone, “What are the negative implications of returning the Rosetta Stone to Egypt?” Historical Background and Introduction The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 during the French occupation of Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte.…

the same or another company who have also repatriated back to Switzerland) are vital in repatriates developmental network as they have similar perceptions based on shared repatriation experiences. As a consequence, the shared empathy for one another helps significantly in lessening the feeling of being alone in the repatriation process and fur-ther lessens social-cultural challenges. The findings show that different repatriates draw support from developers located in Swit-zerland as well as…

The twentieth century lead to changes never seen before in the American Indian human rights movement. After a great struggle between scientific establishment and the Indian human rights group in 1990, the Native American Graves protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was made (Watson, 2017; Fine-Dare, 2002). This was the most significant part of the civil and human rights quest of the American Indians enacted in the twentieth century. Grave belongings and skeletons that collected dust in…

involve hundreds of people. The Old Massett Repatriation Committee was formed in 1997. The Committee met to plan, fundraise, sew button blankets, weave cedar mats, and make wax-dipped flowers. In 1999, the Skidegate Repatriation Committee formed so those ancestral remains could be brought home at once. The Haida Nation proceeded as one Committee to repatriate the Haida ancestors’ remains. Haidas have strong spiritual beliefs that made the repatriation project important. They believe that…

While mortuary archaeology is an interesting field, with much to offer, like all forms of academia it comes with its own set of ethical issues and concerns that we all must be cautious of. One of these issues related to reburial, and repatriation is proper treatment of dead by respecting the cultural traditions of those to who the dead belong. Reburial refers to the reburial of remains that have been dug up for study, and is a contentious issue in archaeology, because it prevents further…

the years that have led Somalis to seek refuge in Kenya. Insecurity in the country due to both the terrorist group Al-Shabaab and the civil war has been the major reason. Famine and drought in the country have also played a role, as explained in "Repatriation as a controversial concept" by Stanley Lauren. According to the "Third World Resurgence: Understanding the sources of the Somali Civil War", the Somali civil war was a result of increased resistance from local groups in a quest for power…

In January, for the first time in 450 years of history, Trinity College, Oxford, removed it’s collection of ancient paintings hung within the dining room and replaced them with an array of Thompson's work. These pieces are from one of Thompson's latest series of photographic self portraits ‘We Bury Our Own’. Invaded Dreams is one from a series of Thompson's works titled We Bury Our Own in which he created in response to the Australian colonial archive collection held by the Pitt Rivers Museum,…