Recent debates about the return of colonially looted heritage have furthered the discussions on decolonisation around the world, and have reignited questions surrounding “what is, and who owns, cultural heritage”. These discourses in the meaning, production and management of heritage – with a growing presence of themes that address “Latinities” – have gained greater visibility in Latin America and the Caribbean, as challenges surrounding cultural heritage arise more prominently worldwide. The attention on this region aims to contextualise the various theoretical, empirical, and critical perspectives in relation to the negotiation of decolonisation. Hence, this book focuses on the analysis of diverse modes of confronting the power underlying colonial heritage that can contribute to pushing boundaries and persuading changes in pre-established definitions of political thought and local identities. To this end, the chapters in this book focus on a wide scope of topics, ranging from the repatriation and restitution of cultural heritage, and diasporic movements to decolonial practices around monuments, museums, and education. In so doing, this volume challenges stereotypes that made Latin America and the Caribbean a space of mere reproducibility of external ideas, and instead provides a space to show current decolonial perspectives and practices developed in the region that will enrich the international debate on the contestation of colonial legacies and decolonisation of cultural heritage.
Introduction to Colonial Heritage, Power, and Contestation
Rodrigo Christofoletti, Naomi Oosterman, Camila Andrea Malig Jedlicki
págs. 1-13
Current Times, Critical, and Future Thinking: Contribution to Rights-Led Approaches to Heritage
págs. 17-30
Caring for Black Monuments: Decolonial Heritage Practices in Havana’s Callejón de Hamel
págs. 31-50
Negotiating decolonisation?: Memories, places, and gender identities in Casa de la Libertad Sucre, Bolivia
págs. 51-65
(De)colonially Negotiating the Past: The Quimbaya Treasure Between the Gift and the Return Requests from Colombia to Spain
págs. 69-85
The Reason for the Artifact: Paths for the Repatriation of Indigenous Cultural Assets
págs. 87-104
págs. 105-120
Restitution of Indigenous Cultural Objects in Latin America: NAGPRA as a Model?
págs. 121-138
The Veins of Latin America Remain Open: The Movement of Cultural Goods and Colonialities
págs. 139-153
Entangled Heritage: Paths to Decolonize Museums and African Objects in the Diaspora
págs. 157-172
Denaturalization and Occidental Narrative to the Detriment of the Materiality of Moche and Tupinambá
págs. 173-188
Andean Colonial Paintings: A Space on Negotiation?
págs. 189-203
págs. 205-224
“A Symbol of Alliance and Peace Among American Nations”: Memory, Heritage and History in the Construction of the Columbus Commemorative Lighthouse
págs. 227-242
págs. 243-258
The Mirror of Modernity: The Modern World Heritage and Its Collection in Brazil
págs. 259-279
págs. 281-294
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