in upper derby, at vast expense. does this please you or do you worry that this is a dangerous way in which culture and soft political power are being used in the 21st century? we are in very good contact with colleagues in the emirates or in china and looking carefully around. it is interesting to see what happens interesting to see what happens in these countries and, but i believe it is not a convincing idea to export european or western museums worldwide. how a museum work in singapore or brazil depends on the situation in these countries. and, but, internationally or globally we have to rethink and to really redefine what a museum can be and i think we can learn a lot from different types of
new together, in a word, thinking about challenges and i thinking about challenges and i think you can contribute to it but museums cannot be the only one as an institution contributing to the colonial past. i think there is a social public debate in general which is necessary for museums to play an important role that you cannot repair and you cannot heal, in my eyes you can only create together a new situation of collaboration and cooperation.- of collaboration and cooperation. of collaboration and coo eration. , ., of collaboration and cooeration. cooperation. and when you say the future cooperation. and when you say the future has cooperation. and when you say the future has to cooperation. and when you say the future has to be cooperation. and when you say the future has to be much i cooperation. and when you say| the future has to be much more about people and ideas than just about object do you think the internet, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, all of thes
prussian palace was, her words, i. a prussian palace was, her words, a complete mismatch . it prussian palace was, her words, a complete mismatch .- prussian palace was, her words, a complete mismatch . it was a dee cut a complete mismatch . it was a deep cut in a complete mismatch . it was a deep cut in the a complete mismatch . it was a deep cut in the discussion i a complete mismatch . it was a deep cut in the discussion in i deep cut in the discussion in germany, the situation, and many things changed in between. so there is much more attention given by the museums which are in charge to provenance research, and there are much more political interests and support given to restitution in various ways. 50 support given to restitution in various ways. various ways. so in a sense, she forced various ways. so in a sense, she forced the various ways. so in a sense, she forced the museums i various ways. so in a sense, she forced the museums to | various ways. so in a sens
which is now very important in museums, their collections and their explanations of their collections, and provenance essentially means telling the story of how the particular objects and pieces came to be on display very far from where they were made and had their cultural significance. they were made and had their culturalsignificance. do they were made and had their cultural significance. do you think you have done enough to explain the provenance of all the amazing objects that we see around us today? around us today? what i can sa , around us today? what i can say. there around us today? what i can say, there are around us today? what i can say, there are the around us today? what i can | say, there are the colleagues in the museums who are in charge, are looking much more carefully about, or into the biography, i preferthe carefully about, or into the biography, i prefer the term biography, i prefer the term biography, of these items, and in a way, i try to talk about cult
history. yeah, i want to quickly history. yeah, i want to quickly view history. yeah, i want to quickly view the - history. yeah, i want to quickly view the words | history. yeah, i want to l quickly view the words of history. yeah, i want to - quickly view the words of adam cooper, south african anthropologist, quite influential in the world s anthropologist, quite influential in the worlds of cultural museums, because these ethnological museum is like this one, museums of other people. he says their main purpose with all of its enlightenment european arrogance was to demonstrate what europeans and then americans saw as a long upward path to civilisation . he said the more primitive or grotesque many of the objects in these displays was, the better. he found that very problematic. do you understand him? you understand him? yes, of course. you understand him? yes, of course- it you understand him? yes, of course. it is you understand him? yes, of course. it is problematic i yo