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

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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