The police and some other people that you have never met but look upset, come knocking at someone's museum door and say, “ Do you have these stolen artifacts?”, ; does one A.) give them back to their rightful owner, or B.) keep the artifacts for one’s self, but remember these artifacts are the people's most prised positions. There are stolen/ lost artifacts all around in the world in museums; the people who made them from their bare hands may want the artifacts back, also their families may want those antiquities as keepsakes because it is their family heritage. These artifacts should be returned to the people who made them or their families. As one can see, these antiquities mean something to the people that are related to it. In the passages
Imagine that one piece of history that is taken from a town. This piece of history tells l people how this town was built and all the important people that were apart of the community. “Returning Antiquities to Their Countries of Origin” by Joyce Mortimer can many people about how objects are getting taken from Museums. They should be returned immediately. There are so many artifacts out there that could be so important to people, and if someone can just imagine what it would feel to have one of the most important object taken from a museum and to be never returned again. Many people enjoy seeing these objects so why are they being taken?
The controversy began almost one hundred years ago. Between 1801 and 1812, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, removed several sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens and shipped them to England, where he sold them to the British Museum in 1816. 167 years later, Melina Mercouri, Greek Minister of Culture, requested that the “Elgin” Marbles be returned. This request sparked one of the greatest debates the art world has ever known. For the past two decades, people have argued over who has the rights to these Marbles. The Greek position is certainly understandable from a cultural and emotional point of view. However, from the standpoint of legality and logic, it is hard to make a solid case against the Marbles’ continued presence in Britain.
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However, I feel this act forces archeologists to halt further investigations and possibly damages lost records of history. Returning these artifacts and bones prevents them from being preserved a...
For years on end, countries have been fighting with big museums from other countries for ancient artifacts that belong to the original countries. The argument of whether or not the museums should be able to keep them still remains. It is the right of the country to have their own artifacts. It is imperative for countries to be able showcase their historical artifacts, therefor museums should return them to their rightful owners.
Duncan’s (1991) analysis of western museums is defined through the theme of “durable objects” as a criterion to judge the heritage of American and European art as a ritual of the modern state. In this manner western art museums are built like “temples” as a symbolic and figurative representation of greatness of western culture throughout the world: “[They] are more like the traditional ceremonial monuments that museum buildings often emulate—classical temples” (Duncan 90). This interpretation of American/European museums defines a dominant source of cultural heritage that ritualizes
This paper will shed light on the abductions of three young women by Ariel Castro. Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus were held captive for over a decade in Ariel Castro’s home located in Cleveland, Ohio. These women were all raped and beaten during their years of captivity by a man that they each had known or come in contact with prior to being abducted. After their rescue Ariel Castro faced charges for the rape and kidnapping of these women, he later pled guilty to these charges. After pledging guilty to the charges Ariel Castro hung himself one night in his jail cell. Each one of these girls maintained a since of hope that
In “Whose Culture Is It, Anyway? ”, Kwame Anthony Appiah begins by pointing out that some of the museums of the world, particularly in the West, have large collections of artefacts and objects which were robbed from developing and poor countries. He then raises a question: who owns these cultural patrimony and properties? Our first answer may be that since they make up the cultural heritage of a people, they belong to the people and culture from whom they were taken. Appiah has doubt about this and argues that if some cultural artefacts are potentially valuable to all human beings, they should belong to all of humanity. He thinks that when they make contribution to world culture, they should be protected by being made available to those who would benefit from experiencing them and put into trusteeship of humanity.
Manifest Destiny resulted in the westward expansion of the United States in evident ways such as the movement to California, Oregon, and Texas. Manifest Destiny is explained as the God given right for Americans to move westward and expand the United States as far as possible. With this expansion, many people suffered, many thrived, and many states were added to the United States. Such states include California, originally founded for the massive amounts of gold located there along with the other amiable resources located in the area. After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, many Californians, originally part of Mexico, now lived in the United States and had to survive with a completely new culture and language. With this, many Americans felt the need to
The museum I attended was “National Museum of the American Indian” (The George Gustav Heye Center.) This historical center offered a superlative perspective of the social legacy of the Native Americas. There were displays that present famous items chose for their aesthetic quality and power as emblems of Native beliefs. My experience in this museum was very quiet and lonely, but I made the best out of it. When first entering the museum, I was lost as to how I would be able to connect any of the information to this class. It took me a while to get an understanding of how the information I collected could be relevant to this class. The concepts and theories I will be using to analyze my museum visit is race and ethnicity, commodification, theory of domination, and hegemony. The authors I will be using are Stephen Steinberg, Vine Deloria, Jr., Charles Fruehling Springwood, C Richard King, Harry Kitano, Nathan Glazer and Ronald Takaki.
Manifest destiny is a 19th century belief that the United States had a mission to expand, spreading its form of democracy and freedom. According to manifest destiny expansion of United States is definite and decisive. This term became a standard historical term which refers to expansion of the United States across North America towards the Pacific Ocean. by American Revolution of independence, they wanted to expel British Empire from the North America and Canada. Americans invaded Canada during war of independence and also in the war of 1812, but these attacks had no result for America.
American history has been built on a series of significant events, each event having a cause and effect on another event. Historical events are presented in history as being tied to a date, or an exact happening. Manifest Destiny on the other hand, was quite a tragedy that in a way still exists today. It was an unreal idea that created American history. In other words, Manifest Destiny is also defined as, "A Movement." More specifically, it would be the concepts and beliefs that powered American life and culture.
Professor Thomas, his wife and four children are Treasure hunters. While in Italy, Professor Thomas Kidd (aka Dad) arrested some artifact thieves. When he questions them, they talk about the “enlightened ones” and their criminal conspirators. Tommy, Bick, Beck, Storm, Mom and Dad go to Russia looking a a missing famous art.
Counterfeiting and piracy has affected the economy worldwide and is continuously growing at a steady pace. Counterfeiting can be defined as the manufacturing of any product with the intentions of closely resembling the appearance of another product to mislead consumers into thinking that they have the authentic creation. Examples of counterfeiting include trademark infringement, copying of packaging, copyright infringement, or copying any other significant features in another product. Piracy can be defined as the production and distribution of products and materials that are copyright protected while making such materials available on online networks without the authorization of the right owner which is required by law. There are
What is Theft? What happens if I’m charged with Theft? Are there Different Types of Theft?