The cultural capitalists: Notes on the ongoing reconfiguration of trafficking culture in Asia

Yates, Donna; Mackenzie, Simon; Smith, Emiline

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“…Yates, Mackenzie, & Smith consider postcolonial heritage to be influencing the flow of illicit trade in cultural heritage objects in the US, Europe, and Asia [16]. Meanwhile, Hardy explained the dark side of archeology in eastern Europe in identifying crocodile objects using metal detectors [17].…”

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A Review Towards Global Crime Governance in Overcoming Trafficking in Cultural Property

Sulistyo¹,

Mulyani²,

Melinda³

et al. 2023

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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As a continuation of last year's preliminary research which was presented at the 2nd Universitas Lampung International Conference on Social Sciences (ULICoSS) 2021 and has also been published in its international proceedings, this research focuses on a specific issue, reviewing the implementation of Global Crime Governance (GCG) in solving the problem of illegal trade in cultural property. This initial research can be seen as an initial effort that will later develop studies on the illegal trade in cultural objects in the context of universal management within the area of global security studies. This work is based on data from the United Nations, UNESCO, UNODC, and INTERPOL revealing that there has still been global trade in cultural objects. Even though there are regulations regarding protection, prevention, and countermeasures of the illegal trade in cultural property; these efforts are still not commensurate with the losses suffered by the international community. The illegal trade in cultural property is a form of Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) that requires serious handling from all parties. By leveraging GCG provided by Jakobi (2020) as the main analytical framework, this study is a generally descriptive case study design whose data was obtained from various sources on the internet as well as various pages that contain information regarding the illicit trade in cultural objects and also efforts to overcome them by looking at the process/mechanism, actors, rules, values, institutions, cooperation, and also norms. This research shows that UNESCO has been central institution to govern international cultural order, but it is necessary to strengthen the agreements in establishing regulations related to the prevention and control of illicit trade in cultural property. In globally tackling this complex issue to effectively enforce the laws, institutions or entities or agents should avoid working in silo since every state and region has also specific regulations.

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A Review Towards Global Crime Governance in Overcoming Trafficking in Cultural Property

Sulistyo¹,

Mulyani²,

Melinda³

et al. 2023

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“…The antiquities and wildlife markets are founded in colonialism and empire, and this association has received significant scholarly attention (Hübschle, 2016;Yates, Mackenzie, & Smith, 2017). The deposition of so much of the ancient art and cultural and natural heritages of colonised countries in the major museums of the west is a well-known example of the uneven benefits of colonial arrangements, being a process of cultural, natural and economic enrichment by the dominant powers, very much at the expense of those they were subjugating.…”

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Global Trade in Stolen Culture and Nature as Neocolonial Hegemony

Mackenzie¹,

Hübschle²,

Yates³

2020

The Emerald Handbook of Crime, Justice and Sustainable Development

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“…Though the issue is well-suited to interdisciplinary study, it should be noted that scholarly discourse has been shaped by the assumptions of these disciplines, meaning that their interests have in turn shaped what is of interest in cultural property trafficking research. One consequence of this is the cross-disciplinary preoccupation with looting and its repercussions, particularly from potential or actual archaeological sites, almost to the exclusion of other means of acquiring cultural property (see Bowman, 2008;Brodie and Mackenzie, 2014;Gruber, 2013;Yates et al, 2017).…”

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“…Thompson, too, has written on collectors' belief systems and how it legitimises there involvement in the trade (2015). There also seems to be increased interest in studying motivations, like the concept of cultural property ownership as a way to convert economic capital into cultural capital (see Brodie and Luke, 2006;Yates et al, 2017).…”

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How does the legacy of colonialism in Southeast Asia manifest itself in contemporary regional attitudes and practices towards looting and collection?

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<p>Cultural property trafficking continues to be and is growing as an issue despite increased legislation, international agreements and public interest, particularly since the seminal 1970 UNESCO Convention. For criminology, the challenge is to take into account the distinct and complex characteristics of cultural property trade and trafficking in order to aid in controlling, regulating and preventing crime in a way that resonates with those it seeks to target. However, the mainstream approach to this issue relies uncritically upon a dominant and simplistic narrative of transnational cultural property movement from Global South sources to Global North markets, which renders significant regional and processes invisible and creates an incomplete model of reality. By incorporating a postcolonial framework and interviewing market actors in the cultural property world, this thesis aims to fill a gap in the discipline by examining how colonial narratives, frameworks and structures still inform modern attitudes to cultural property trade and trafficking, which has emerged from the same history. As a rich source region with a healthy cultural property market, Southeast Asia is the chosen case study; however, though the conclusions drawn originate in this specific context, the methodology used is applicable beyond this scope. The findings indicate that though cultural property collection is accompanied by a shadow of illicitness, market actors are able to justify their activities by not only relying on familiar colonial tropes and narratives of custodianship and education, but also pragmatically referring to the moralities and identities of a post-colonial age. Additionally, the social structures fundamental to the cultural property world are also, to some extent, the product of a certain history, and identity formation and projection through cultural capital are key concepts in understanding the impetus for collection. Ultimately, actors’ understandings of an authentic object as one that is of a particular style and, critically, of a particular age and condition, is synonymous with colonially influenced attitudes, and is inherently linked to the damage that anti-trafficking legislation seeks to mitigate.</p>

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The cultural capitalists: Notes on the ongoing reconfiguration of trafficking culture in Asia

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

A Review Towards Global Crime Governance in Overcoming Trafficking in Cultural Property

A Review Towards Global Crime Governance in Overcoming Trafficking in Cultural Property

Global Trade in Stolen Culture and Nature as Neocolonial Hegemony

How does the legacy of colonialism in Southeast Asia manifest itself in contemporary regional attitudes and practices towards looting and collection?

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