A Social Justice IssueLooting, Repatriation, and “Unprovenced” Artifacts
Bronze Victory Statuette, Anonymous, December 17, 2007. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=det&kw=ancient%20exhibits
%20museum&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=or&adte=1334024897&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&ids=ITALY%20LOOTED%20ANTIQUITIES
The Modern Looter
He is awesome but a looter indeed…
Indiana and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981. http://spielbergfanclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark-indiana-jones-3677978-1280-720.jpg
Involves the history and
heritage of People and their culture
the rights of peoples and their representation.
Does not what we know of our past affect who
we are now?Does not History matter
to current cultures and nations?
How is This a Social Justice Issue?
Mexico Egypt Exhibit, Jose Luis Magana,, March 28, 2005. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=det&kw=ancient%20exhibits%20museum&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=or&adte=1334024897&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&ids=MEXICO%20EGYPT%20EXHIBIT
PeopleCulturesNationsMuseumsCollectorsArchaeologyAnthropologyAnd more…
Who It Involves
Roman Statues, Ahmed Akazir, November 26, 1997. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=k&kw=ancient%20exhibits%20museum&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=or&adte=1334024897&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&page=2&dah=0%
The Problem of LootingThe roots
The conditionThe scale
Ancient Sarcophagus Lid, Sebastian Scheiner, April 4, 2012. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=k&remem=x&kw=ancient+egyptian+looted+antiquities&intv=None&shgroup=-10&sh=10
What it isExamples
Griffon StatueEuphronios KraterThe Lydian
Treasure
Repatriation
Marble Griffon Statue, Anonymous, December 17, 2007. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=det&kw=ancient%20exhibits%20museum&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=or&adte=1334024897&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&ids=ITALY%20LOOTED%20ANTIQUITIES
The problem with collectorsCuratorsMuseums
“Unprovenced” Artifacts
Italian Culture Minister, Alessandra Tarantino, November 6, 2007. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=det&kw=ancient%20exhibits%20museum&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=or&adte=1334024897&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&ids=ITALY%20LOOTED%20ANTIQUITIES
UNESCO Convention of 1970
UNIDROIT Convention of 1995
UNESCO 2001 Underwater Protection
Law Enforcement
What Has Been Done?
However it is still lacking…
Officer in front of Roman Artifacts, Anonymous, June 6, 2008. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=k&remem=x&kw=italy+looted+art&intv=None&shgroup=-10&sh=10
Working Together!Museums and Nations
Curators and Interest Groups
What Can Be Done?Museum Director and Culture Minister, Pear Paulo Cito, September 25, 2007. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=k&kw=looted%20antiquities&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=10&kwstyle=or&adte=1334027199&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&page=2&dah
Looting, Repatriation, and “Unprovenced” Artifacts
Why we should careWho it involves
What can be done?
Recapping
Italy Looted Artifacts, Anonymous, December 17, 2007. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=k&remem=x&kw=italy+looted+art&intv=None&shgroup=-10&sh=10
JSTOR Articles Jones, Anna Laura. “Exploding Canons: The Anthropology of Museums.”
Annual Review of Anthropology 22 (1993): 201-20. JSTOR. Web. 3 Mar. 2012
Brodie, Neil, and Colin Renfrew. “Looting and the World’s Archaeological Heritage: The Inadequate Response.” Annual Review of Anthropology 34 (2005): 343-61. JSTOR. Web. 3 Mar. 2012
CQ Researcher Bettelheim, Adriel, and Rachel Adams. “Stolen Antiquities.” CQ Press
17.14 (2007):1-12. CQ Researcher. 13 Apr. 2007. Web. 3 Mar.. 2012
http://library.cqpress.com.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/cqresearcher/document. php?od=cqresre2007041300&type=hitlist&num=1
AP ImagesGoogle Images
Sources Cited
Archimedes Palimpsest, Anonymous, October 16, 2011. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?
st=k&remem=x&kw=Archimedes+Palimpsest+Exhibit&intv=None&shgroup=-10&sh=10
