Restitutions of Cultural Property: The Transnational Production of Frames of Reference and Norms of Ownership for Cultural Property

The restitution of cultural property draws on a series of legal and moral considerations that underpin the legitimacy of the ownership of cultural property. Restitution is the act of restoring something to its legitimate owner(s), but the legitimacy of the latter is based on institutional, legal, an...

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Published inBiens Symboliques / Symbolic Goods no. 13
Main Author Paquette, Jonathan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Université Paris Lumières 19.12.2023
Subjects
restitución
Kolonialisierung
referenciales
Kulturgütern
frames of reference
Rückgabe
heritage
Transnationalisierung von Normen
colonisation
transnationalisation de normes
référentiel
restitution
colonization
transnacionalización de las normas
Bezugssystem
biens culturels
transnationalization of norms
bienes culturales
colonización
patrimoine
cultural property
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Summary:The restitution of cultural property draws on a series of legal and moral considerations that underpin the legitimacy of the ownership of cultural property. Restitution is the act of restoring something to its legitimate owner(s), but the legitimacy of the latter is based on institutional, legal, and moral principles whose purpose and interpretations may vary over time. This article looks at the emergence since the late 1970s of new frames of reference in the context of relations between transnational actors. These frames of reference all question the legitimacy of the ownership of cultural property acquired during the period of European colonization, from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries through to the 1960s. Here I identify and explain three frames of reference for the restitution of cultural property: authenticity, restitution as reparation, and human and spiritual rights.
ISSN:2490-9424
2490-9424
DOI:10.4000/bssg.2465