Title & Author:

The ethics of collecting cultural property : whose culture? whose property? / edited by Phyllis Mauch Messenger ; foreword by Brian Fagan.

Edition:

2nd ed., updated and enl.

Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1999.
©1999

Description:

xxviii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Perspectives of the "victims" : case studies -- A philosophical perspective on the ethics and resolution of cultural property issues / Karen J. Warren -- Ancestral sites, shrines, and graves : Native American perspectives on the ethics of collecting cultural properties / Deborah L. Nichols, Anthony L. Klesert, Roger Anyon -- Profiteers and public archaeology : antiquities trafficking in Arkansas / Ann M. Early -- The battle for the Maya past : the effects of international looting and collecting in Belize / David M. Pendergast and Elizabeth Graham -- Considering the perspective of the victim : the antiquities of Nepal / David Sassoon -- The murals of Teotihaucán : a case study of negotiated restitution / Thomas K. Selignam -- Commentary / Cristy Hohman-Caine -- pt. 2. The cultural stewardship question : looking for options -- The museum and cultural property : the transformation of institutional ethics / Alan Shestack -- Collecting pre-Columbian art / Gillett G. Griffin -- International control efforts : are there any good solutions? / Ellen Herscher -- U.S. implementation of the UNESCO Cultural Property Convention / Ann Guthrie Hingston -- Commentary / Orrin C. Shane, III -- pt. 3. Cultural property regulations : perceptions and conditions -- From the collector's perspective : the legality of importing pre-Columbian art and artifacts / Leo J. Harris -- what is "stolen"? : the McClain case revisited / Douglas C. Ewing -- The need for enforcing regulations on the international art trade / Charles S. Koczka -- Cultural property and national sovereignty / Jaime Litvak King -- Commentary / Karen J. Warren -- pt. 4. Working out differences : round table and conclusion -- Highlights of a round table discussion and some recent developments in the cultural heritage arena / Phyllis Mauch Messenger -- Conclusion : working together to preserve our past / George E. Stuart -- Epilogue / Phyllis Mauch Messenger -- Appendix 1. Some domestic and international laws and regulations and their enforcers -- 2. Codes of ethics -- 3. Some organizations and resources related to archaeology and cultural heritage issues.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"The Ethics of Collecting Cultural Property explores the ethical, legal, and intellectual issues related to excavating, selling, collecting, and owning cultural artifacts. Twenty-two contributors, representing archaeology, law, museum administration, art history, and philosophy, suggest how the numerous interested parties, often at odds, can cooperate to resolve cultural heritage, ownership, and repatriation issues, and improve the protection of cultural property worldwide."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0826321259 (paper ; alk. paper)
9780826321251 (paper ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Cultural property Protection Moral and ethical aspects.
Antiquities Collection and preservation Moral and ethical aspects.
Patrimoine culturel Inventaires Aspect moral.
Antiquités Collections et conservation Aspect moral.
Research - Ethics.
Cultural heritage - Ownership issues.
Cultural heritage - Management.
Cultural heritage.
International trade.
Ethics.
Patrimoine culturel Protection Aspect moral.
Antiquités Conservation et restauration Aspect moral.
Bien culturel.
Antiquités (Objets anciens)
Aspect moral.
Protection du patrimoine.
Aspect juridique.
Patrimoine culturel.

Added entries:

Messenger, Phyllis Mauch, 1950- editor.
Fagan, Brian M., writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 209299
Call No.: CC135 .E8 1999
Status: Available