Wayne Modest: Museum Repatriation
Wayne Modest is the Director of Content for the National Museum of Worldcultures and the Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam and head of the Research Center of Material Culture. He is also professor of Material Culture and Critical Heritage Studies at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Modest was previously, head of the curatorial department at the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam; Keeper of Anthropology at the Horniman Museum in London, and Director of the Museums of History and Ethnography in Kingston, Jamaica.Additional resources that Dr. Modest recommends:Decolonize This Placehttps://decolonizethisplace.org/faxxx-1Rhodes Must Fallhttps://harvardpolitics.com/rhodes-must-fall/Report on the Restitution of African Cultural Heritage by Felwine Sarr andBénédicte Savoyhttp://restitutionreport2018.com/sarr_savoy_en.pdfPotential History, Unlearning Imperialismby Ariella Aïsha Azoulayhttps://www.versobooks.com/books/3079-potential-historyHistory, Fable and Myth in the Caribbean and Guianas by Wilson Harris and Selwyn Reginald Cudjoe https://www.amazon.com/History-Fable-Myth-Caribbean-Guianas/dp/0911565205Whiteness as Property by Cheryl Harrishttps://harvardlawreview.org/1993/06/whiteness-as-property/Colonial Lives of Property: Law, Land, and Racial Regimes of Ownership (Global and Insurgent Legalities) By Brenna Bhandarhttps://www.indiebound.org/buy-local/9780822371465 Omens of Adversity: Tragedy, Time, Memory, Justice By David Scotthttps://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=omens+of+adversityDividing the Spoils: Perspectives on Military Collections and the British Empire by Henrietta Lidchi, Stuart Allan, Alan Lester https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=Henrietta+Lidchi+dividing+the+spoils+Exceptional Violence: Embodied Citizenship in Transnational Jamaica by Deborah Thomas,https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0822350688/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_thcv_p1_i1Spotify playlist featuringPeter Tosh, Equal Rights Bob Marley, Babylon SystemVybz Kartel: ReparationsBurning Spear, Days of SlaveryAnd more! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4wJXGFz7oHaXykSsESDVXM?si=251fe856f567481dSolvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn. The Managing Producer is Sachar Mathias and the Executive Producer is Mia Lobel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.