Against this background, a number of fundamental questions arise:
- How should museums and collections deal with human remains, whose origin stays permanently unclear?
- What types of spaces or facilities are suitable for the medium- or long-term care and safekeeping of human remains with unresolved provenance?
- And what constitutes an ethically responsible approach to human remains whose origin cannot be determined or which cannot be repatriated to a country or society of origin?
We would like to explore these questions during the digital panel discussion with experts from cultural and academic institutions in Germany and abroad:
- Prof. Wazi Apoh (Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana),
- Sarah Fründt (German Lost Art Foundation / Expert Network on the Handling of Human Remains),
- Dr. Birgit Scheps-Bretschneider (affiliated with the Dresden State Art Collections | GRASSI Museum)
- Dr. Rudo Sithole (AFRIMUHERE)
Aisha Camara will be the moderator for the event.
