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The conference discusses the processes of disbanding material heritage from its original context and investigates the implications for the transformation of meanings.  

Intangible features of material culture are diverse and range from historical, cultural, political to legal and fiscal attributes. Transferred artefacts are susceptible to change in many different respects and could eventually transform the narratives and politics of collective memory and identity they were intended to give evidence for. On the other hand, it is often characteristic for transferred artefacts to infuse other cultures with what is foreign to them and also have the propensity to influence perceptions and relationships between cultures.

Conveners:

• Zainabu Jallo (University of Bern / University of Sao Paolo
• Samuel Bachmann (Bernisches Historisches Museum / Centre for African Studies Basel)

Please register now via the conference website: https://www.materialcultureintransit.com/