Artifacts from that country are still held in german newseum including the remains of people who had been brutally dehumanised. The remains of people into objects through the boiling of corpses down to bone at the side of the grave of the stuffing of the corpse into a battle of salt in the history of museum collecting indigenous people. Are turned into objects through serialization and quest if acacia. The pain left by this violence is omnipresent in many african cultures peoples ancestors live on and that means their remains do as well because in the back is complicated there are 7000 museums in germany and most of the exhibits from the colonial era have no documentation to even extend human use e ms have the federal government sitting at the table with its usually museums where the federal states are involved so there isnt one Single National museum as there often are in african countries but rather a greater diversity of museums unified while restitution of human remains is moving a
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Of people who had been brutally to humanize. The remains of people into objects through the boiling of corpses down to bone at the side of the grave of the stuffing of the corpse into a battle of salt in the history of museum collecting indigenous people. Are turned into objects through serialization and quest if occasion. The pain left by this violence is omnipresent in many african cultures peoples ancestors live on and that means their remains do as well the getting them back is complicated there are 7000 museums in germany and most of the exhibits from the colonial era have no documentation to even extend the view museums have the federal government sitting at the table with its usually museums where the federal states are involved so there isnt one Single National museum as there often are in african countries but rather a greater diversity of museums unified while restitution of human remains is moving ahead things are going more slowly with ethnological examines african experts
That. My mil and i just looked at a brand new w from the bottom of his personal device and its about topics that affect us all. Climate change and the turn. Check out. A very warm welcome to news from the world about some culture coming up in the next quarter of an hour. Germany and its former colonies are cooperating on the return of looted up from colonial times. Talk of Climate Change is on all our lives and a Frankfurt Book Fair climate fiction is booming. And well be strutting down the paris catwalks to see all the latest Autumn Winter fashion trends. In recent years theres been lots of talk about former colonial powers returning cultural jams mostly taken from africa they were looted in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century in germanys case were talking about thousands of objects currently in german museums that were mostly taken from namibia which was a German Colony until 915 the namibians want what they rightly consider is returned this week germany has created a Cent
Well, i understand the raking member is on his way. Since we have kind of a tight schedule and we have a quorum, ill start and he can give his Opening Statement. Here he is now. The committee will come to order. We want to welcome everyone on this hearing providing oversight to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1836 congress accepted a bequest from james smithson, an english scientist who had never visited the United States but nevertheless decided to leave his substantial fortune to our Young Country for the increase in diffusion of knowledge. Ten years later in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was formally established by congress. In the 173 years since, the smithsonian has grown to a complex of 19 museums, Numerous Research centers, a library system, a network of more than 200 affiliate organizations, archives and the national zoo. Today the smithsonian serves as steward to more than 154 million artifacts, works of art and specimens. Visitors from across the country and around the wo