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Human remains of Ovaherero and Nama

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ID4873903
AuthorsElise Pape (0000-0001-9928-7811, Université de Strasbourg, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume4
Issue2
Pages90-106
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Remains and Violence An Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2054-2240 • E-ISSN: 2054-2240
PublisherManchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.7227/hrv.4.2.6
OpenAlexW2926083344
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited2

Taking its starting point from a socio-anthropological study combining biographical interviews, semi-structured interviews and ethnographic observations collected between 2016 and 2018 in Germany, France and the United States among Ovaherero and Nama activists, and also members of different institutions and associations, this article focuses on the question of human remains in the current struggle for recognition and reparation of the genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama from a transnational perspective. First, the text shows the ways in which the memory of human remains can be considered as a driving force in the struggle of the affected communities. Second, it outlines the main points of mismatches of perspective between descendants of the survivors and the responsible museums during past restitutions of human remains from German anthropological collections. Third, the article more closely examines the resources of Ovaherero in the United States in the struggle for recognition and reparation, the recent discovery of Namibian human remains in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and the questions that it raises

Archaeology · Art · Ethnography · Genocide · German · Human rights · Political science · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Gender Studies · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · History · Law

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0,5
Citation span2024 - 2024 (1)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1

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