Colonial entanglements of museums
The new Argelander Professor Julia Binter is developing innovative ways of knowledge formation at the University of Bonn
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The new Argelander Professor Julia Binter is developing innovative ways of knowledge formation at the University of Bonn
Germany announces return of ethnological objects to Cameroon and Namibia, as well as negotiations over the restitution of works to Tanzania.
Objects from Berlin's Ethnological Museum collection will be presented to the Namibian public. But while their origins are being studied, why is this return only a loan?
More than 20 looted objects from Namibia — including jewelry, tools, fashion and dolls — are being sent back to the country. The loan is the latest move by Germany to address its colonial past.
This is a new step in Germany's recognition of the crimes committed in its former African colonies: Berlin handed over this Friday to Namibia, a German colony from 1884 to 1915,…