Vol. 26 No. 2 (2020): Dossier - Heritage and International Relations
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Heads and Birds: The Construction and Restitution of New Zealand Heritage

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  • Manuel Burón Díaz
Manuel Burón Díaz
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34019/2594-8296.2020.v26.31022

Published 2020-09-10

Keywords

  • Nova Zelândia,
  • Nação,
  • Patrimônio,
  • Maori,
  • Toi moko

How to Cite

Burón Díaz, Manuel. 2020. “Heads and Birds: The Construction and Restitution of New Zealand Heritage”. Locus: History Journal 26 (2):210-34. https://doi.org/10.34019/2594-8296.2020.v26.31022.
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Abstract

Cultural heritage, the different materials that it is made of, as well as the meanings that we give to them, are not static: they change over time, and in their exchange, draw interesting trajectories on the map. Through the study of the construction, exchange, exhibition, reclamation and restitution of New Zealand’s Heritage we will analyse the capricious but significant paths that cultural heritage has taken in history. The main interest of this article is to analyse how the recent demands for heritage repatriation represent a new chapter in the long history of meanings that we gave to certain objects. We would like to emphasize how, at present, the repatriation of different materials has become an important tool in diplomatic relations.

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