'More than just an object'. A material analysis of the return and retention of Namibian skulls from Germany
dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Raben, R. | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Gewald, J. B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jonker, L.A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-22T17:01:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-22T17:01:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/25945 | |
dc.description.abstract | In 2011, twenty Namibian skulls were repatriated from the Charité university hospital in Berlin, Germany. The skulls had been collected in German South-West Africa, present-day Namibia, in the early twentieth century for pseudo-scientific research. They belonged to Herero and Nama victims of the German-Herero war, a genocide which took place between 1904-1908. This thesis analyzes the layers of meaning that the twenty skulls acquired in the practices of collecting (1904-1910), studying (1910-1924), and repatriating (2011) by examining why, by whom, in what context and importantly, how the skulls were handled and discussed in each of the practices. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 9840306 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | 'More than just an object'. A material analysis of the return and retention of Namibian skulls from Germany | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Modern History (1500-2000) |