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Who owns objects? : the ethics and politics of collecting cultural artefacts : proceedings of the first St. Cross-All Souls seminar series and workshop, Oxford, October-December 2004

Title
Who owns objects? : the ethics and politics of collecting cultural artefacts : proceedings of the first St. Cross-All Souls seminar series and workshop, Oxford, October-December 2004 / edited by Eleanor Robson, Luke Treadwell and Chris Gosden.
Publication
Oxford [England] : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, CT : David Brown Book Co. [distributor], 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Robson, Eleanor.
  • Treadwell, Luke.
  • Gosden, Chris, 1955-
Description
xvii, 134 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
Who owns cultural objects? And, who has the right to own them? This book is the outcome of a series of lectures and workshops held in Oxford in between October and December 2004. It aims to provoke thought and debate on this topical and sensitive subject area.
Alternative Title
Ethics and politics of collecting cultural artefacts
Subject
  • Cultural property > Protection > Congresses
  • Cultural property > Repatriation > Congresses
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Moral and ethical aspects > Congresses
  • Archaeological thefts > Congresses
  • Museums > Acquisitions > Congresses
  • Archaeological thefts
  • Cultural property > Protection
  • Cultural property > Repatriation
  • Museums > Acquisitions
  • Archaeology > Moral and ethical aspects > Congresses
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Smoke and mirrors / Neil Brodie -- Overview and assessment after fifty years of collecting in a changing world / George Ortiz -- Archaeologists, collectors, and museums / John Boardman -- Barriers or bridges? : museums and acquisitions in the light of new legal and voluntary codes / Paul Roberts -- Who owns objects? : a view from the coin trade / Ursula Kampmann -- Who owns objects? : a view from the antiquities trade / James Ede -- Cultural property : a contribution to the debate / Nicholas Mayhew -- Recent UK measures against the international illicit trade in cultural objects : examining the new regulatory framwork / David Gaimster -- Repatriation and its discontents : the Glasgow experience / Mark O'Neill.
ISBN
  • 1842172336
  • 9781842172339
LCCN
  • 2007295060
  • 9781842172339
OCLC
  • ocm71778115
  • 71778115
  • SCSB-1399116
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library