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Human remains from the former German colony of East Africa : recontextualization and approaches for restitution
Title
Human remains from the former German colony of East Africa : recontextualization and approaches for restitution / für das Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, herausgegeben von Bernhard Heeb und Charles Mulinda Kabwete.
ISBN
9783412523442
3412523445
Publication
Wein ; Kö̈ln : Böhlau Verlag, [2022]
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
470 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Notes
Includes catalog of Human Remains examined for recontextualization.
Color maps on endpapers.
Summary
"More than 1100 Human Remains from the former German colony in East Africa exist in the anthropological collection of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Berlin. Mainly without any information about who these individuals were, how they died and in which manner they got dislocated, a collaboration of researchers of the University of Rwanda, the National Museums of Rwanda and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz approached these questions. The research begins with the broader context of colonialism and its local impact to single cases of Human Remains appropriation. Using historical sources, anthropological examinations and contemporary accounts the origin of the Human Remains were not only recontextualized but interviews conducted in the affected communities also revealed why these human remains should be returned and the varying ways of treatment they should receive thereafter."-- Publisher's description.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 29, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
On the History of the Anthropological Collections at the Museum of Pre- and Early History
The Recontextualisation of Human Remains in Colonial East Africa- The Human Remains from Rwanda in the Colonial Era
The Public Debates on Human Remains in Germany
Colonial Networks
The Colonial Context in which African and Rwandan Human Remains were Collected
Reconstructing the Provenance of Rwandan Human Remains at a Local Level
Historical Research on the Human Remains Originating from Rwanda
Possibilities of Restitution of Rwandan Ancestors' Human Remains and Issues of Repatriation, Reparation and Memorialisation
Historical Provenance Research on Human Remains originating from the United Republic of Tanzania
Historical Provenance Research on Human Remains originating from the Republic of Kenya.
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