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Comparative Models for Restitution and Repatriation

Members assembled and analyzed other models for restitution and repatriation, including but not limited to NAGPRA, Nazi-era restitution guidelines, and current European processes for repatriations of African art. They proposed which aspects of these models could be adapted for a document of best practices for North American museums holding African art. Members also researched and documented case studies for the restitution and repatriation of African and other non-western arts from museums in the Americas and Europe and suggested how they could be instructive for other museums. Case studies ranged broadly across objects, collections, and forms of collaboration with community stakeholders.

 

Co-chairs:

Mary Jo Arnoldi

Jennifer Bajorek

 

Members:

Dickson Adom

Sonia E. Barret

Abigail Celis

Annie E. Coombes

Paul Davis

Carlee S. Forbes

Silvia Forni

Catherine McKinley

Olushola Olajobi

Kenneth Ubani



About ACASA

ACASA, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, promotes greater understanding of African material and expressive culture in all its many forms, and encourages contact and collaboration with African and Diaspora artists and scholars.

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Here you can find the obituaries for colleagues who unfortunately left us much too early.

 

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