Restitution als symbolischer Akt

If the term were not an invention of right-wing extremists, one could speak of a "remembrance policy turning 180 degrees." For what is currently happening in Germany (and some other European countries) on the subject of colonialism, is breathtaking. What colonialism researchers call "...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inZeitschrift für Volkskunde Vol. 115; no. 2; pp. 260 - 368
Main Author Thiemeyer, Thomas
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Münster Waxmann Verlag GmbH 01.07.2019
Subjects
Authorial voice
Cultural heritage
Ethics
Hands
Macron, Emmanuel
Restitution
Benin
Mali
Senegal
Europe
Nigeria
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:If the term were not an invention of right-wing extremists, one could speak of a "remembrance policy turning 180 degrees." For what is currently happening in Germany (and some other European countries) on the subject of colonialism, is breathtaking. What colonialism researchers call "colonial amnesia" - that is, the extensive ignoring of colonialism in the national memory - to break up (at least temporarily). Reason for this are superficial Museum collections: triggered by post-colonial interventions against the exposure of colonial objects in the Berlin Humboldt Forum, the criticism of dealing especially ethnological museums with objects from the colonial period in Germany has significantly strengthened by a report that the Berlin art historian and Colledge deFrance professor Bénédicte Savoy and Senegalese economist and journalist Felwine Sarr presented to French President Emmanuel Macron in November. This had signaled more than a year ago to want to at least partially return African objects from the colonial period in French state museums. Sarr and Savoy should work out measures on how to do that.
ISSN:0044-3700