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Activating refusal: exploring NFTs to disrupt museum ownership.
- Source :
- International Journal of Heritage Studies; 2024, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p103-114, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The growing outrage over the continued stewardship of artefacts acquired through nefarious means has compelled cultural institutions to explore their role in marginalising cultures through misrepresentation. Indigenous communities around the globe are seeking the repatriation of sacred objects often collected through colonial violence. Though many museums have collaborated with communities to repatriate these artefacts, many have also avoided or refused repatriation requests, leaving communities without recourse. This paper will explore repatriation in the digital world through the lens of Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise's (CATPC) the quest for the return of an important Balot Pende sculpture from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and whether creating a digital iteration, like an Non-Fungible Token (NFT) of a sacred object, offers a potential activist tool to reclaim an alternate form of ownership when physical repatriation is not available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- NON-fungible tokens
MUSEUM acquisitions
ART advocacy
DIGITIZATION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13527258
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Heritage Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174662144
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2023.2277794