ISBN:
978-3-86004-332-5
,
978-3-86004-332-5
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (20 Seiten)
Titel der Quelle:
Provenienzforschung zu ethnografischen Sammlungen der Kolonialzeit. Positionen in der aktuellen Debatte : Tagung »Provenienzforschung in ethnologischen Sammlungen der Kolonialzeit«, Museum Fünf Kontinente, München, 7./8. April 2017 / Larissa Förster, Iris Edenheiser, Sarah Fründt, Heike Hartmann (Hrsg.)
Angaben zur Quelle:
,2018, Seiten 55-68
DDC:
300
Keywords:
Provenienz
;
koloniale Provenienz
;
Provenienzforschung
;
ethnografische/ethnologische Sammlungen
;
ethnologische Museen
;
Sammlungsgeschichte
;
Kolonialismus
;
Sozialwissenschaften
Abstract:
In Namibia, it is difficult today to locate many historical artefacts that embody
the cultural identity of communities. Yet these objects have been collected
and, often, archived (rather than displayed) in museums beyond the
continent. The internet gives access to a disparate »virtual museum« of
Namibian cultural heritage. The »Africa Accessioned« project aims to locate
and list the diaspora of African ethnographic collections held in European
museums as a tool to generate dialogue and collaborative projects. We see
the project as a concept that could be extended, a concept that operates
with little or no financial resources. Four African countries provided the initial
focus for the project: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The
project initially mapped relevant collections held in Finland, Germany,
Sweden, and the UK. A secondary exercise has documented Namibian collections
in Finnish museums in more detail and will be used to demonstrate the
project’s potential to develop the notion of the »museum as process«.
However, the presentation will also speculate on the ways in which German
museums might engage more effectively with Namibian communities. The
project recognises the contextual framework of the circulation of material
culture along colonial trade routes. It seeks to position museums as mediums
for global dialogue. Conversations can enable source communities to
provide greater historical depth regarding the intangible cultural heritage
and places which provide a more complete biography of an object in a collection.
However, establishing mechanisms to enable effective dialogue remains
a challenge. The project is not a campaign for the repatriation of all African
artefacts to the continent, but it will initiate debate about the provenance
and significance of some artefacts. We believe that the willingness to review
collections and to address the past can stimulate inter-cultural dialogue and
lead to positive co-operation. European museums need to engage with this
legacy, but should see dialogue as an opportunity, rather than a threat.
Collections can generate connections. Museums can build bridges, rather
than barriers, between communities.
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/19809-0
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