from The New York Times -
Antiquities, the World Is Your Homeland
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from Culture Grrl -
The Debate Over "Context": From Elgin to Eakins
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from The Art Newspaper -
Do we really want the freer circulation of cultural goods?
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Three slightly different perspectives on the repatriation of cultural materials to supposed (modern) countries of origin - steming, directly or indrectly, from James Cuno's latest polemical book, Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage.

As much as the issue is seen as in ideological and political terms, the one dimension that somehow escaped critical examination is the economical aspect - of property, ownership and exploitation rights.
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