Finding a home for the Ritxoko
the politics of heritage and repatriation
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This paper reflects on the potential unfoldings of repatriating a collection of Ritxoko, the name given to the ceramic dolls made by the Iny Karajá people in Mato Grosso, in the interior of Brazil. The craftsmanship of the ceramic dolls and the knowledge that underpin their making is part of broader political and economic entanglements, including the effects of the process that listed their making as immaterial heritage. These relations are embedded in a moral economy that produces both heritage and commodity. The analysis invites a reflection on the resignification of heritage as part of the process of decolonising museums, and finally argues for repatriation as a method. In the process, new forms of curatorship that addresses the colonial past and environmental futures could be co-produced by a range of social actors, with Ritxoko makers as key protagonists.
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