Tristram Hunt: the Politics of Repatriation
If you came here for a vicious takedown or a strident defence of Tristram Hunt’s position on “colonialism and collecting”, you might be slightly...
Ashmolean recommends Indian Artefact repatriation
The governing board of the Ashmolean Museum, the Board of Visitors, has formally recommended to the Oxford University Council that a 16th-century Indian statue...
Can museums be decolonised? The restitution question
The first step of reckoning with our colonial past is recognising its remaining presence. Every aspect of modern life is informed by the spoils...
Oxford Museums and the Artefacts of Colonialism
Lydia Stephens considers Oxford museums in light of the repatriation debate