THINGS ON THE MOVE: Dramas of Repatriation, Diplomacy of Public Exchange and the Future of Museums
Name of applicant
Martin Skrydstrup
Title
Associate Professor
Institution
Copenhagen Business School
Amount
DKK 911,901
Year
2024
Type of grant
Monograph Fellowships
Summary
How should repatriation claims for objects held in museum collections be tackled? What do museums owe to Others and to the Enlightenment project that gave birth to the institution? Through a novel ethnographic approach to the paper trails of bureaucracies, their recognition of claimants and their justifications for retention or return of artifacts, this project endeavors to answer these questions.