Egypt
Expedition, Volume 51 (Review by Praveena Gullapalli)
- More Reviews Of Cuno's Who Own's Antiquity?
Here's a round-up of some of some of the reviews of James Cuno's book Who Owns Antiquity? It is a completely random selection. Archaeology Magazine (Roger Atwood) Wall Street Journal (Eric Ormsby) New York Times (Edward Rothstein) If you are...
- Book Review: Who Owns Antiquity?
modernghana.com (Dr Kwame Opoku) So far the only reviews that I have seen of James Cuno's book Who Owns Antiquity have been very positive, and his book has most usefully inspired some good dialogue on the subject of the "ownership" of heritage. This...
- Antiquities, The World Is Your Homeland
New York Times (Edward Rothstein) James Cuno's new book has generated a lot of interest in the media and on individual blogs. He has published this book at a good time, when issues of repatriation and the ownership of heritage are very much in the...
- Book Interview: Who Owns Antiquity? James Cuno
The Canadian Press "That belongs in a museum!" Indiana Jones was scolding one of his many enemies, the last we heard from the hunky archaeologist, 19 years ago. He has returned to the screen in the much-awaited sequel "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of...
- Egypt Asserts Ownership Of Its Past
Marketplace (Amy Scott) (Slideshow - 2 images) All the audio links appear to have moved on to other stories now, but here's an extract from the text page: Thousands of ancient treasures have left Egypt over the centuries. Many were carted away by...
Egypt
Book Review: Who Owns Antiquity?
Expedition, Volume 51 (Review by Praveena Gullapalli)
Thanks to Richard Vijay for sending this link. The book review dates back to summer 2009 but I managed to miss it! In the light of all the recent conversations re repatriation the book is still very topical and still manages to create a long of controversy.
Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage
by James Cuno (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008)
It is in PDF format.
Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage
by James Cuno (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008)
It is in PDF format.
The battle in James Cuno’s book pits museums against nation-states. He argues that the former are trying to ensure accessibility to our global ancient heritage, while the latter are trying to keep “antiquities” (ancient artifacts) out of the global public domain by insisting that they are national patrimony that should be returned (repatriated) to their country of origin. For Cuno, any relationship between nation-states and the archaeological past located within their modern borders is simply an historical accident (meaning repatriation requests are often untenable). Furthermore, he argues that nationstates have not effectively protected this archaeological past (by
stopping looting) and, therefore, the best solution to manage cultural heritage is to reinstate a policy of partage whereby countries share the material results of archaeological research.
As Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, Cuno is clearly an interested party to the current debate over museums’ ethical responsibilities to stem the illicit movement of archaeological artifacts and to repatriate antiquities.
- More Reviews Of Cuno's Who Own's Antiquity?
Here's a round-up of some of some of the reviews of James Cuno's book Who Owns Antiquity? It is a completely random selection. Archaeology Magazine (Roger Atwood) Wall Street Journal (Eric Ormsby) New York Times (Edward Rothstein) If you are...
- Book Review: Who Owns Antiquity?
modernghana.com (Dr Kwame Opoku) So far the only reviews that I have seen of James Cuno's book Who Owns Antiquity have been very positive, and his book has most usefully inspired some good dialogue on the subject of the "ownership" of heritage. This...
- Antiquities, The World Is Your Homeland
New York Times (Edward Rothstein) James Cuno's new book has generated a lot of interest in the media and on individual blogs. He has published this book at a good time, when issues of repatriation and the ownership of heritage are very much in the...
- Book Interview: Who Owns Antiquity? James Cuno
The Canadian Press "That belongs in a museum!" Indiana Jones was scolding one of his many enemies, the last we heard from the hunky archaeologist, 19 years ago. He has returned to the screen in the much-awaited sequel "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of...
- Egypt Asserts Ownership Of Its Past
Marketplace (Amy Scott) (Slideshow - 2 images) All the audio links appear to have moved on to other stories now, but here's an extract from the text page: Thousands of ancient treasures have left Egypt over the centuries. Many were carted away by...