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Homann, Lisa, Jean Borgatti, Akinwumi Ogundiran, Silvia Forni, Christopher Slogar, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, Charlotte Joy, and Kevin MacDonald. Knowledge, Ethics, and Power

Author
Homann, Lisa et al
Published On
February 1, 2023
Original Date
2020
Aesthetic
Bibliographic

Homann, Lisa, Jean Borgatti, Akinwumi Ogundiran, Silvia Forni, Christopher Slogar, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, Charlotte Joy, and Kevin MacDonald. Knowledge, Ethics, and Power: Publishing African Objects Without Clear African Provenance. African Arts53, no 4 (2020): 17‑23. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00548.

"The most interesting part of the repatriation debate in relation to the publication of images of unprovenanced objects is a simultaneous demand for a return to self-determination, for the right to possess and tell the story of your own past. To truly embrace this policy would not only necessitate the return of objects that are central to the identity of nations or cultural groups, but also signal an openness to relinquishing control over who has the right to set future interpretive research agendas.”

[Source: Excerpt from the article, p. 23].

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