There’s only one way for the museum to survive the 21st century, and it starts with advancing toward restorative justice.
Emiline Smith
Emiline Smith is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland (UK). Her research concerns the trafficking, protection and repatriation of cultural and natural resources in Asia. Follow her on Twitter at @DrEmilineSmith.
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Activists Protest at Rubin Museum-Backed Exhibition in Nepal
The protesters said the Rubin Museum is using the Itumbaha exhibition to launder its public image and distract from the potentially looted objects in its collection.
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Netherlands to Return 478 Looted Objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka
The trove includes six objects from the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, marking the institution’s first repatriation of colonial objects.
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How a Stolen Nepali Statue Found Its Way Home
A long-lost Vajradhara sculpture that resurfaced in a Hong Kong collection highlights scholars’ responsibility to mediate between communities and the art market.
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A Small Community in Nepal Wants Its Stolen God Back
Why should the people of Pharping celebrate their sacred festival with a replica of a 400-year-old idol while the original clearly sits in the collection of a Singapore museum?
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The Ongoing Looting of Sri Lanka’s Cultural Heritage
Artifacts stolen from the Kotawehera Rajamaha temple in Sri Lanka are the latest victims of longstanding looting and trafficking.
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In Myanmar, Protests Harness Creativity and Humor
As protestors use every possible tool to reject the coup peacefully, the use of art and humor has generated a collective identity in a country marked by social disparity.
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Stumbling Towards Repatriation
We need to make it clear to our museums that we do not want to walk around in galleries of stolen artworks.
