Human Remains from the Former German Colony of East Africa
Recontextualization and Approaches for Restitution
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Beschreibung
Decolonising African memory and rethinking colonial archives
More than 1100 Human Remains from the former German colony in East Africa exist in the anthropological collection of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Berlin. Mainly without any information about who these individuals were, how they died and in which manner they got dislocated, a collaboration of researchers of the University of Rwanda, the National Museums of Rwanda and the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz approached these questions. The research begins with the broader context of colonialism and its local impact to single cases of Human Remains appropriation. Using historical sources, anthropological examinations and comtemporary accounts the origin of the Human Remains were not only recontextualized but interviews conducted in the affected communities also revealed why these human remains should be returned and the variying ways of treatment they should receive thereafter.
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Bernhard S. Heeb
Bernhard Heeb ist seit 2009 als prähistorischer Archäologe am Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin für die Sammlung zur Anthropologie, für die Schliemannsche Troja-Sammlung und für die Sammlung der europäischen Bronzezeit zuständig.
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Anthropological Collections Museum of Prehistory and Early History Berlin Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte Berlin Deutscher Kolonialismus in Ostafrika Provenienzforschung Restitution