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Dag Henrichsen: "Restitution: a recent phenomenon? Colonial human remains violations, traditions of protest and histories of restitution claims in late 19th century Namibia"
Current demands by Namibian families and communities for restitution of so-called ethnographic objects or human remains in European collections are rooted in much longer traditions of claims for restitution than is generally anticipated. In this paper I discuss pre- and early colonial claims and show how these emerged out of a critique of colonial scientific practices and at the same time were, at times at least, embedded in contemporary (local/regional) political conflicts. The recent restitution debate in Namibia and elsewhere continues to be informed by such early critique as well as these legacies of past political conflicts.
Dag Henrichsen is a Namibian historian and Head of Academic Relations and Special Projects at Basler Afrika Bibliographien
This lunch talk is part of the Spring Semester 2019 African History Research Seminar of the University of Basel History Department.
Organizers: Julia Tischler, Cassandra Mark-Thiesen
Further information:Full program of the research seminar
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