‘Terms’ of Trade, and the Acquisition of Cultural Properties. A Reflection from Tanzania on Terminology in European Museums

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction
4. Displacing/Displaying the Objects of Others: Towards a Holistic Approach in (Post-)Colonial Provenance Research 1
5. Research Chapters
6. The Cameroon Collection in the Übersee- Museum: Constellations of Actors and the Consequences of Collecting 31
7. Settler Colonialism and Collecting for Museums: The Namibia Collection in Bremen’s Übersee-Museum (1880s to 1970s) 65
8. Fighting Fictions – Producing ‘Truths’: Tracing the Discursive Struggles Over the ‘Benin Bronzes’ 105
9. ‘Trophy Colonialism’ and the East African Collections in the Übersee-Museum Bremen, 1882–1939 151
10. Outlook
11. ‘Terms’ of Trade, and the Acquisition of Cultural Properties. A Reflection from Tanzania on Terminology in European Museums 193
12. Acknowledgements 217