Object lessons: the question of cultural property in the age of repatriation
Object lessons: the question of cultural property in the age of repatriation. Northwest Coast material culture has become increasingly identified as cultural property, a quasi-legal concept that denotes objects of a collective patrimony. This represents a radical shift from earlier notions of proper...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:jsa_2932 https://doi.org/10.4000/jsa.2932 urn:doi:10.4000/jsa.2932 en https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/2932 2014-04-25T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/h97d All rights reserved Object lessons: the question of cultural property in the age of repatriation Journal de la Société des américanistes Société des américanistes info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1957-7842 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0037-9174 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa Harkin, Michael E. États-Unis Kwakwaka’wakw Côte nord-ouest (USA) art aesthetics museums cultural property repatriation esthétique musées propriété culturelle rapatriement art arte estética museos rapatriación propiedad cultural Object lessons: the question of cultural property in the age of repatriation. Northwest Coast material culture has become increasingly identified as cultural property, a quasi-legal concept that denotes objects of a collective patrimony. This represents a radical shift from earlier notions of property, seen strongly as privately owned by individuals and family groups. Moreover, the status of these objects as art, that is, framed in a museum setting and partaking of certain transcendent qualities derived from the Western tradition, represents a dramatic redefinition of pieces that were considered analogous to human beings, as temporary entities. This process of redefinition, which is generational, political, and an invention of tradition, is probably inevitable. Leçons d’objets: la question de la propriété culturelle au temps du rapatriement. La culture matérielle de la Côte nord-ouest est de plus en plus conçue comme une propriété culturelle, un concept quasi légal qui identifie les objets comme éléments d’un patrimoine collectif. Il s’agit là d’une modification radicale par rapport aux conceptions anciennes de la propriété: celle-ci était fortement ancrée dans la possession privée par des individus et des groupes familiaux. Par ailleurs, l’accession de ces mêmes objets au statut d’œuvres d’art, par leur inscription dans les musées et l’affectation qui leur est faite, sur le mode occidental, d’une valeur transcendante, redéfinit complètement leur nature puisque, jusqu’alors, ils étaient considérés, à l’instar des êtres humains, comme des entités passagères. Ce processus de redéfinition, qui est dans l’air du temps, a une dimension politique et représente l’invention d’une tradition, est probablement inévitable. Lección de los objetos: el problema de la propiedad cultural en el tiempo de la rapatriación. La cultura material de la costa del Noroeste aparece más y más como una propiedad cultural, un concepto casi legal que se aplica a objetos formando un patrimonio colectivo. Eso representa un cambio radical respecto a las antiguas nociones de propiedad, las cuales remitían a la posesión privada por parte de individuos y grupos de familia. Aparte de eso, la adquisición por estos objetos del estatuto de obras de arte, ya que se exponen en museos y se les reconoce, al modo occidental, un valor transcendental, modifica su naturaleza misma: en efecto, antes eran considerados, al igual que los hombres, como entidades temporarias. |
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Object lessons: the question of cultural property in the age of repatriation. Northwest Coast material culture has become increasingly identified as cultural property, a quasi-legal concept that denotes objects of a collective patrimony. This represents a radical shift from earlier notions of property, seen strongly as privately owned by individuals and family groups. Moreover, the status of these objects as art, that is, framed in a museum setting and partaking of certain transcendent qualities derived from the Western tradition, represents a dramatic redefinition of pieces that were considered analogous to human beings, as temporary entities. This process of redefinition, which is generational, political, and an invention of tradition, is probably inevitable. |
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