Mobilizing : Benin heritage in Swiss museums /
"Museums, politicians, and the public are embroiled in a highly charged debate about the history and restitution of cultural heritage taken from the Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria). The Benin Initiative Switzerland (2021-24) was set up to address the question of how to deal with objects from Benin h...
| Uniform Title: | In Bewegung (2024). |
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Zürich :
Scheidegger & Spiess,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Methods and processes. Benin Initiative Switzerland: new ways of working together / Alice Hertzog, Alexis Malefakis, Michaela Oberhofer, Esther Tisa Francini ; Milestones of the Benin Initiative Switzerland 2020-2024 / Esther Tisa Francini ; Joint declaration of the Swiss Benin Forum / Benin Initiative Switzerland (BIS) ; Collaborative provenance research: investigating Benin object biographies / Esther Tisa Francini, Alice Hertzog, Daniela Müller, Enibokun Uzébu-Imarhiagbe ; Ogbaisi, my king: songs of lamentation in honor of Oba Ovonramwen / Compiled by Josephine Ebiuwa Abbe ; Benin and the world: entangled (art) histories / Daniela Müller and Michaela Oberhofer ; You are still holding on to our future / Patrick Oronsaye and Alice Hertzog ; Voices
- 2. Object biographies. Following the traces of a commemorative head: from the Kingdom of Benin to the Museum der Kulturen Basel / Ursula Regehr ; The pere at the Bernisches Historisches Museum: the significance of the supposedly inferior / Samuel B. Bachmann and Lucky Igohosa Ugbudian ; From "dignitary" to "warrior" and back again: object descriptions of an Ama relief plaque in the Kulturmuseum St. Gallen / Anja Soldat ; A horse, a rider, and a head: fragments of Edo heritage at the Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich / Alice Hertzog ; Questions surrounding a carved ivory tusk in the Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève / Floriane Morin ; Double context of injustice: the relief plaque at the Musée d'Ethnographie de Neuchâtel / Julien Glauser ; Benin-Burgdorf: the figure of an Oba, its provenance, and its meaning / Maylawi Herbas ; An example of the role of provenance on the art market: the hip mask at the Museum Rietberg / Esther Tisa Francini ; Voices
- 3. Cooperations. More than illustration: a scenographic approach to provenance / Yann Laville ; Se-ya-ma means both "to cast in bronze" and "to remember" / Samson Ogiamien and Floriane Morin ; Benin arts from the margins / Samuel B. Bachmann and Lucky Igohosa Ugbudian ; I lay my hand on the ivory and feel the red Benin soil: diaspora encounters in the museum storage facility / Alice Hertzog and Alexis Malefakis ; Designing an Afrocentric Benin exhibition / Solange Mbanefo ; Energy from the source: co-curating Benin arts and performance / Josephine Ebiuwa Abbe and Michaela Oberhofer ; In full view: Benin, Nigeria dialogue and multi-perspectivity / Zainabu Jallo and Ursula Regehr ; Voices.