The mass repatriation of indigenous art and objects around the world would mean an all-encompassing recalibration of the ways modern day museums are understood and have traditionally functioned.
My ideal scenario is everything returned, but also loans of artefacts is greatly encouraged. Imagine if every year or two most of the museum (except for some of your own culture's artefacts ofc) looks completely different because everyone's trading with one another.
Yeah, that's not a bad idea. Museums of the worlds, unite. In fact, libraries and universities of the world, also unite. The more international these institutions, the less their governments can cut their funding. I mean, corporations get to do it. Why not institutions that actually help people?
We are at the point now where you could literally just display a hologram or some 3D projection of the artefact in a museum. Keep the originals with the people they belong to is my take.
I personally don't believe it's the same. Seeing a painting irl at the museum is also different than seeing it on Google. But for the really unique objects it's probably preferable. Like I heard that in Iraq archaeologists have to rebury like 3000 year old pots because they have so many. That you can definitely send around the world imo haha. But the Rosetta Stone should be returned to Egypt and probably kept there for good. And definitely don't send human remains around the world for kicks.
Yeah I think that keeping the originals in their original place helps bring back the uniqueness and tourism potential that otherwise wouldn't be there if the artefact was elsewhere, which is why I'm ok with it not looking exactly like the original thing.
I was gonna say "but what about poorer people who can't travel halfway across the world", but ya know what, in a world where Europe returns the shit we stole, clearly we'll also have unlimited time off and ability to travel :')
That's true. I mean more like, living in Europe I'd be more than happy to take the train to Turkey or Egypt (or train + boat), if I had a whole month off. A few days of chilling and reading in the train, then travelling around visiting historic sights, then a few days chilling back. It's only because of how little time off there is + how much cheaper air travel is that I'd fly. Exploring New Zealand would maybe be impossible, but a continent and a bit would be enough for me I think.
When I said something like that on the sub ages ago people in the know explained to me that air travel can stay as long as everything else is made carbon neutral/negative.
My ideal scenario is everything returned, but also loans of artefacts is greatly encouraged. Imagine if every year or two most of the museum (except for some of your own culture's artefacts ofc) looks completely different because everyone's trading with one another.
Yeah, that's not a bad idea. Museums of the worlds, unite. In fact, libraries and universities of the world, also unite. The more international these institutions, the less their governments can cut their funding. I mean, corporations get to do it. Why not institutions that actually help people?
Also make journals public while we're at it, fuck the privatisation of knowledge.
We are at the point now where you could literally just display a hologram or some 3D projection of the artefact in a museum. Keep the originals with the people they belong to is my take.
I personally don't believe it's the same. Seeing a painting irl at the museum is also different than seeing it on Google. But for the really unique objects it's probably preferable. Like I heard that in Iraq archaeologists have to rebury like 3000 year old pots because they have so many. That you can definitely send around the world imo haha. But the Rosetta Stone should be returned to Egypt and probably kept there for good. And definitely don't send human remains around the world for kicks.
Yeah I think that keeping the originals in their original place helps bring back the uniqueness and tourism potential that otherwise wouldn't be there if the artefact was elsewhere, which is why I'm ok with it not looking exactly like the original thing.
I was gonna say "but what about poorer people who can't travel halfway across the world", but ya know what, in a world where Europe returns the shit we stole, clearly we'll also have unlimited time off and ability to travel :')
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That's true. I mean more like, living in Europe I'd be more than happy to take the train to Turkey or Egypt (or train + boat), if I had a whole month off. A few days of chilling and reading in the train, then travelling around visiting historic sights, then a few days chilling back. It's only because of how little time off there is + how much cheaper air travel is that I'd fly. Exploring New Zealand would maybe be impossible, but a continent and a bit would be enough for me I think.
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When I said something like that on the sub ages ago people in the know explained to me that air travel can stay as long as everything else is made carbon neutral/negative.
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