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Restitution or Cooperation? Competing Visions of Post-Colonial Cultural Development in Africa
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21)
Abstract This paper provides a critical and historical perspective on the use of the language of ‘development cooperation’ in characterizations of post-colonial relations between the West and Africa. Using the example of the post-colonial debates over cultural and economic restitution between Congo and its f... mehr
This paper provides a critical and historical perspective on the use of the language of ‘development cooperation’ in characterizations of post-colonial relations between the West and Africa. Using the example of the post-colonial debates over cultural and economic restitution between Congo and its former colonizer Belgium, this paper narrates the historical process by which the post-colonial relations between the two countries became defined as ‘development cooperation’, and the implications of that process. The paper shows that since its political independence in 1960 until the late 1980s, the language in which Congo/Zaire described its ‘cooperation’ with its former Belgian colonizer was one that emphasised restitution, while Belgium insisted on a language of ‘development cooperation’ (ontwikkelingssamenwerking). The paper argues that the prevalence of the use of the development cooperation language today not only obscures the historical process behind its ascent; it also masks inequalities that are deeply characteristic of the post-colonial relations between the two countries.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Museum; kulturelle Entwicklung; Kongo; Kooperation; Belgien; Postkolonialismus; Wiedergutmachung; internationale Beziehungen; Kulturerbe; Afrika
Klassifikation
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Erscheinungsort
Duisburg
Seitenangabe
25 S.
Schriftenreihe
Global Cooperation Research Papers, 12
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14282/2198-0411-GCRP-12
ISSN
2198-0411
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Keine Bearbeitung 4.0