A handover ceremony with representatives from the Ugar Island in Torres Straits was held at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin on December 5 to honor the return of five First Nations ancestors to Australia. 'These ancestors were removed without consent and now they are coming home.' Sereako Stephen

New year, new webinar series! Join us for the first session: 💬Unpacking Provenance: Retracing the Histories of Asian Art 🕛Wednesday, 22 January, 12-1pm EDT / 6-7pm CET. The webinar on histories of Asian Art brings together specialists to discuss provenance research processes and share resources.

Poesiepreis Cave Canem gewinnt Brandon Kilbourne, Evolutionsbiologe am Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Sein Gedichtband legt Zeugnis davon ab, wie die Erforschung der natürlichen Welt mit den Schrecken der Sklaverei und des Kolonialismus verwoben war www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/de/ueber/neu...

Die SPK hat heute eine chinesische Dachreiterfigur aus der Sammlung des Ethnologischen Museums der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin an die Erben des Schriftstellers und Sittenforschers Eduard Fuchs restituiert. www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/news-detail/...

REMINDER: Morgen geht es in der James-Simon-Galerie um die menschlichen Schicksale hinter den Akten: Das Projekt "Kunst, Raub, Rückgabe" zieht Bilanz. Mit Podiumsgespräch über das Erinnern in Familien, Kurzfilmen von vergessenen Lebensgeschichten und einem Ausblick von Provenienzforschenden.

"Wie freiwillig ist ein Geschenk, wenn in der Nachbarschaft die Paläste brennen?" www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...

How can we remember and confront the legacies of scientific racism and eugenics? I wrote a review about the new exhibition “Science and Injustice” of the Memorial Site Ihnestraße at the FU Berlin and its community-based participatory process: anthropologyofglobalinequalities.com/2024/11/28/a...

How do objects from archaeological excavations end up in a museum in Berlin? In the last provenance exhibition talk of 2024 this question will be discussed by researchers from the project "Legal - Illegal? Where? Altes Museum. When? Th. 5.12. 3:30-4:30 pm How? In German. Free with registration:

early sneak peak into the exhibition "Histories of Tanzania" the co-curated exhibition asks: What (hi)stories do cultural belongings tell? central in the curation: the perspectives of society representatives and provenance stories opens tomorrow, 29.11 www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/...

Die beste Handwercksbäckerei in Berlin jetzt auch mit einem Standort an diesem wichtigen Ort. Was für tolle Neuigkeiten! www.juedische-allgemeine.de/unsere-woche...

Eine Ausstellung fächert die deutsche Kolonialgeschichte in Tansania auf. Tausende Kulturgüter und menschliche Gebeine wurden damals geraubt. Deutschland müsse historische Verantwortung übernehmen, fordert Entwicklungs-Experte Thomas Fues. www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/die-historie...

Out now as full open access! “Displacing and Displaying the Objects of Others. The Materiality of Identity and Depots of Global History“ ed. by @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social, Friederike Odenwald and me.

Artifacts and human remains taken by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in the late 1940s are being returned to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) by Oslo’s Kon-Tiki Museum apnews.com/article/norw...

Read our collection of articles published as part of the #OLHJournal "Cultural Heritage Data for Research: Opening Museum Collections, Project Data and Digital Images for Research, Query and Discovery" special collection, guest-edited by Angela Dressen: olh.openlibhums.org/...

This is long overdue, & a good reference point for tackling one of the darkest aspects of Norway's history. That the most populist right-wing party opposed the measure is an important sign that this motion is very, very necessary.

Posting to a new audience the repatriation and provenance project I have been working with since 2015 returnreconcilerenew.info

One of the driest places on Earth, #Chile 's Atacama Desert, attracts hundreds of racers every year - but the #offroad fun is also threatening - and destroying - #Indigenous peoples' rich #CulturalHeritage, ancient monumental #geoglyphs: 🏺 www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/s... via @nytimes.com

Our special exhibition on "Colonialism in Things" opened today and will run until May 18. Check it out if are in Munich or pass through, perhaps give me a call or leave a note here 👋🏻. #KolonialismusinDingen

How did Nazi plunder get from a cabal of looted art dealers in Munich to the art museums of the United States of America? The Munich Connection www.openartdata.org/2021/06/the-... #networks #art #crime #museum

"Grassi-Museum Leipzig. Vorbild im Umgang mit Gebeinen aus der Kolonialzeit" www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/leipziger-gr...

Join us on November 29 for our talk on "Curating Postcolonial Provenance Research in the Humboldt Forum" at FU Berlin or online www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/ethnologie/e...

5 years ago today, we first set foot on the construction site. One year ago we proudly opened the exhibition and in two weeks from today you will witness some major changes and transformations within our exhibition. Follow the website for more news to come: www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/...

Hi everyone and thank you @dominikhhh.bsky.social for the invitation!