Tapas Ray on Mon, 3 Dec 2007 06:36:49 +0100 (CET) |
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<nettime> [Fwd: Re: Tintin in Bengal, or Musee Guimet Controversy] |
PS: It just occurred to me that in the entire process - cataloging, insuring, etc. - Bangladeshi archaeologists, accountants, and perhaps other experts of proven competence and integrity, should be involved in addition to the two governments, since the actions of neither government's officials have evoked much confidence so far. -------- Original Message -------- Naeem, As you know, I was confused, too. Thanks for clearing it up. It is absolutely astounding that the government in Dhaka should be sending those priceless treasures to a museum with such a record, but we are used to scandalous behavior from governments in our part of the world. France is different, or should be. One gets the sense that the emerging supranational entity called "Europe" is eager to project itself to the rest of the world as being liberal, civilised, and humane. If we, who belong to the periphery, are to believe this, France should rein in Guimet instead of helping it along in a criminally inept or simply criminal enterprise as you have described. If the French want to see those artifacts - and I think that would be a good thing for Bangladesh - their government should take direct responsibility for the exhibits. It should catalog them properly, since the Dhaka museum people have clearly failed to do that, insure them adequately, and ensure their safe return after the display. Tintin should grow up. Tapas Naeem Mohaiemen wrote: > Tintin in Bengal, or Musee Guimet Controversy > Naeem Mohaiemen > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org