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Antiquity After Repatriation: New Perspectives On The Debate Over Cultural Property, Erin Hood
Antiquity After Repatriation: New Perspectives On The Debate Over Cultural Property, Erin Hood
Honors Thesis
Today, the legacies of 19th century imperialism and colonialism are ever-present inside the West’s most prestigious encyclopedic museums, powerful institutions that continue to retain antiquities illicitly taken from countries during times of colonial rule, economic turmoil, or military conflict. Since the 1970s, more and more countries have come forward to request that Western museums return many of these antiquities. Contentious debates between museums and origin countries have resulted, producing large volumes of scholarship arguing both for and against repatriation. One common factor that links almost all of these arguments, however, is speculation over the fate of antiquities after repatriation.
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