Repatriation from Scottish Museums: A Short Report

Q2 Arts and Humanities
N. Curtis, Steph C. Scholten
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Scotland’s museums include many collections that are the result of Scotland’s involvement in the British Empire. These include items that were fairly and legally collected, but also include items that were acquired as military loot, those that reflect power imbalances in favour of collectors, and ancestral remains that were acquired to demonstrate theories of racial supremacy. This past has left problematic legacies that museums in Scotland are now addressing, including by their involvement in repatriation. This paper reviews the repatriations that have taken place since 1990, noting a focus on the return of ancestral remains and the recent increase in the number of cases. It also considers the legal, political, and cultural backgrounds to the decisions, including how international moves towards decolonization and aimed at addressing racism in museums are interacting with Scotland’s own complex relationship with colonialism as well as the political debate about the identity and future of the nation.
从苏格兰博物馆遣返:一个简短的报告
苏格兰的博物馆中有许多藏品是苏格兰参与大英帝国统治的结果。这些物品包括公平合法地收集的物品,但也包括作为军事战利品获得的物品,那些反映了有利于收藏家的权力不平衡的物品,以及为证明种族优越论而获得的祖先遗骸。这段历史留下了很多问题,苏格兰的博物馆现在正在解决这些问题,包括参与遣返。本文审查了自1990年以来进行的遣返工作,注意到重点是归还祖先遗骸和最近案件数量的增加。它还考虑了决定的法律,政治和文化背景,包括国际上如何走向非殖民化,旨在解决博物馆中的种族主义问题,与苏格兰自身与殖民主义的复杂关系以及关于国家身份和未来的政治辩论相互作用。
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