{"id":126201,"date":"2024-03-14T11:57:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/termin\/other-en\/historische-verflechtungen-des-koenigreichs-benin-und-ihre-bedeutung-fuer-die-aktuelle-restitutionsdebatte-126201\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T09:12:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T07:12:45","slug":"the-kingdom-of-benins-historical-entanglements-and-their-significance-to-the-current-restitution-debate","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/guided-tour\/the-kingdom-of-benins-historical-entanglements-and-their-significance-to-the-current-restitution-debate-126201\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kingdom of Benin\u2019s Historical Entanglements and their Significance to the Current Restitution Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-copy\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p>This spring, the 2022-recurated, process-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/temporaere-neukonzeption-der-benin-sammlung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benin exhibition<\/a> will be expanded by two additional showcases. While the first part of the exhibition focuses the restitution debates and Benin&#8217;s art history, the two new showcases will broaden the perspective on the kingdom. Among other things, they show how (pre-)colonial entanglements &#8211; in particular the trade in enslaved people &#8211; still have an impact on the latest restitution debates.<\/p>\n<p><em>The meeting point is in the Benin exhibition on the second floor.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-CTA block-CTA-long leftgradient\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row center-xs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/temporaere-neukonzeption-der-benin-sammlung\/\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"teaser teaser-cta-wide \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template>\n\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69ed023ded717\" aria-labelledby=\"desc_media_69ed023ded717\">\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00153634-300x226.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":226,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":11880},\"large\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00153634-1024x772.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":772,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":73168},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00153634-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":5360},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00153634-768x579.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":579,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":47959},\"small\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00153634-440x332.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":332,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":20813},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00153634-580x437.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":437,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":31619},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00153634-720x543.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":543,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":43583},\"original\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00153634.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":965}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Sculpture of a head on a white pedestal, surrounded by screens in a modern exhibition space.\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"Play video\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : \"100\",\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : true,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:75.390625%;\" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\" media-id=\"desc_media_69ed023ded717\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"sr-only\" ref=\"body\" id=\"desc_media_69ed023ded717\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Gedenkkopf einer K&ouml;niginmutter (Nigeria) im Ausstellungsbereich &bdquo;Benin-Bronzen in Berlin&quot; des Ethnologischen Museums im Humboldt Forum <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"insignificant\">\u00a9 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Eigentum an Nigeria \u00fcbertragen am 25. 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