LibGuides: Himalayan Art: Opening Doors to the World Fall 2024: Contested Discussions

Art and Reparation

Possibly different boxes on these topics? Any others? Any to drop?

"Opening Pandora's Box: Will the Return of Cultural Heritage Objects to Their Country of Origin Empty Western Museums?"
Journal of Arts Management, Law & Society. 2021
The Ongoing Quest to Return Nepal’s Looted Cultural Heritage
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (Johns Hopkins University Press); Fall2022
Restitution: Mark Jones
From: Cultural Heritage Ethics: Between Theory and Practice, 2014

Ethical issues of art conservation

The inherent sharing of conservation decisions.
Article from Studies in Conservation, 2012. "As dictated by the do-no-harm principle, conservators have a duty to consider risks of such harms when making decisions."
The Ethics of Conserving Modern Art
Baltic Journal of Art History; Spring/ Summer 2021:The article discusses the relevance of an ethical approach to the conservation and restoration of works of contemporary and conceptual art.
Climate Change Threats to Stone Cultural Heritage: State of the Art of Quantitative Damage Functions and New Challenges for a Sustainable Future.
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art in exile/ diaspora considerations

'Guru Rinpoche is Śivajī': Ethnicity and ethnic boundary drift in Nepal's ethnic art.
Ethnicities; Jun2024, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p450-474
"Little Tibet": Positioning Ladakh as a Homeland for Tibetan Buddhism in India
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, & the Middle East. May2023
Tibetan Exile or Diaspora
Ch 1 from 2016 book Greater Tibet : An Examination of Borders, Ethnic Boundaries, and Cultural Areas

Page Introduction

Both exhibitions at the Frank Museum and Miller Gallery raise important questions about art from the Himalayan region. Included on this page are a few of the topics raised with links to three sources for more information.