Restitution of Sonic Heritage

Restitution and repatriation are topics of much attention and debate in the world of museums, archives, and cultural heritage institutions. How do music, intangible heritage, and historical sound recordings from colonial contexts fit into these debates?

At the conference Restitution of Sonic Heritage: Perspectives from Nusa Tenggara Timur, Dominggus Elcid Li discusses the process of digitally repatriating sound recordings from the Nusa Tenggara Timur province of Indonesia to the provincial library in Kupang in 2024.

They are held by the University of Amsterdam.

Dominggus Elcid Li is director of the Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change, Kupang, Timor.

Joining the conversation are panelists Jos van Beurden, Evelien Campfens and meLê yamomo.

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