Symposium on Confronting Colonial Objects: Beyond the Performance of Restitution – An Unexpected Tale of Minority Disenfranchisement and Political Conflicts in Tamil Nadu
[Raghavi Viswanath and Jessica Wiseman are PhD candidates at the European University Institute (EUI)] In the opening chapter of his book ‘Confronting Colonial Objects: Histories, Legalities, and Access to Culture’, Carsten Stahn promises to “present both the different facets of colonial violence and their enduring effects, and possible avenues to renew relations” (page 8). In the first six chapters of his...