"If anything, Jenkins’ book convinces me that the issue of claims for the return of objects is something best approached on a case-by-case basis, that museums do have a role in soft diplomacy with communities that suffered due to past imperialism and that the efforts at building better relationships between museums and other groups are worthy."
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
Friday 14 July 2017
Tiffany Jenkins on Cultural Property: AJA review
I have noted earlier reviews of Jenkins' Keeping their marbles here. Guy D. Middleton (Newcastle University) has reviewed the book for AJA:
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