I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
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I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
You know, for the privilege of seeing the things that they stole from us
@skinnylatte
That's not fair. Some of those things, we stole from someone else. -
... I sure wish the people so upset about the theft and misappropriation of Colonial Artifacts praised the British Museum's salvation of Asia's cultural artifacts from the utter destruction of the Red Guard's obliteration thereof.
How about a round of applause for Lord Elgin for saving the Parthenon sculptures from Athens' corrosive smog?
@tuban_muzuru @skinnylatte which Lord Elgin are you referring to ??
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@tuban_muzuru @skinnylatte which Lord Elgin are you referring to ??
The Parthenon sculptures were not stolen. Any questions, please re-read
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@skinnylatte If they give away some artifacts to their place of origin they'll save a lot in restoration and maintenance costs
@judgyweevil they should start with the Kohinoor.........
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The Parthenon sculptures were not stolen. Any questions, please re-read
@tuban_muzuru @codewizard no pro british museum content on my feed!!! banned!!
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The Parthenon sculptures were not stolen. Any questions, please re-read
@tuban_muzuru @skinnylatte you're talking about the 7th earl ?? The 9th earl was his grandson ??
He was the viceroy of our country.......... -
@tuban_muzuru @codewizard no pro british museum content on my feed!!! banned!!
@skinnylatte @tuban_muzuru our country too had been subjected to the tyrannies of the British Empire.
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@skinnylatte @tuban_muzuru our country too had been subjected to the tyrannies of the British Empire.
Let's talk about the cultural obliteration visited on China. Any takers? Or is the West the only obliterator worth damning here?
Confiscated Objects of the Cultural Revolution: A Visual Interview with Puck Engman - Social Science Matrix
China’s Cultural Revolution aimed to reshape the social and political order of China by purging elements of feudalist and bourgeois society, including through confiscating property. In 1966, millions of objects were taken from homes by independently organized and unofficial groups associated with Red Guards, a student-led paramilitary movement that supported the revolution. But what happened to the objects after they were seized? Puck Engman, Assistant Professor in History at UC Berkeley and a historian of China in the postwar era, talked with Julia Sizek about the lives of these objects. More broadly, his research concerns the reorganization of state and society in the first 30 years of the People's Republic of China, and the transition from command economy to market economy at the end of the 20th century.
Social Science Matrix (matrix.berkeley.edu)
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@tuban_muzuru @codewizard no pro british museum content on my feed!!! banned!!
@skinnylatte @codewizard@hear-me.social
History goes on without our opinions - the fact remains, the Horrible Colonialists saved the Ife bronzes, an inconvenient chain of events for your side of the argument. Ban me if you like, repeat this old and obviously untrue shibboleth - Frobenius saved the bronzes.
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@skinnylatte @codewizard@hear-me.social
History goes on without our opinions - the fact remains, the Horrible Colonialists saved the Ife bronzes, an inconvenient chain of events for your side of the argument. Ban me if you like, repeat this old and obviously untrue shibboleth - Frobenius saved the bronzes.
@tuban_muzuru i've given you three warnings. i am really not okay with pro colonialism and imperialist takes. good bye
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... I sure wish the people so upset about the theft and misappropriation of Colonial Artifacts praised the British Museum's salvation of Asia's cultural artifacts from the utter destruction of the Red Guard's obliteration thereof.
How about a round of applause for Lord Elgin for saving the Parthenon sculptures from Athens' corrosive smog?
a round of applause??
The British "cleaned" the Parthenon scupltures too invasively, thereby damaging them, and we're supposed to applaud them?! -
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