Who Owns Objects?: The Ethics and Politics of Collecting Cultural Artefacts

by Eleanor Robson, Luke Treadwell, Christopher Gosden

Who owns cultural objects? and who has the right to own them? The contributors to this book have thought long and hard about the ethics and politics of collecting, from a variety of professional perspectives: archaeologist, museum curator, antiquities dealer, collector, legislator. The book is the outcome of a series of lectures and workshops held in Oxford in October-December 2004. It brings together some stimulating and provocative opinions, that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842172336
• ISBN13: 9781842172339
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 9.5"