I’m trying to study for my Art course and I need some help to understand this question.
Question 1: What is the significance of the lawsuit by the descendants of Papa Renty against Harvard?
Question 2: How did Carrie Mae Weems recon textualize these Daguerreotypes of slaves and in your opinion, was she successful?
Materials
Watch :Woman suing Harvard over photographs of her enslaved ancestors urges a “reteaching of history” on Democracy Now
Read: Who Should Own Photos of Slaves? The Descendants, not Harvard, a Lawsuit Says (Links to an external site.) , Alt Link NYT
Read : A Lawsuit at Harvard Pries Open Debates About Science and Reparations The Nation (By a descendent of Agassiz
Read: The Getty’s James Cuno Speaks Out Against Repatriation on artnet news
Read: Should museums return their colonial artifacts? Guardian
Watch :Carrie Mae Weems on her series From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried
Read : MoMa writeup on From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried, Carrie Mae Weems
Optional Materials:
(Try to at least read part of it) : Black Bodies, White Science: Louis Agassiz’s Slave Daguerreotypes by Brian Wallis
James Cuno on Museums: The Case Against Repatriating Artifacts on youtube
Watch : Woman Suing Harvard Over Slave Photos Gets Key Support on CBS Boston
Read : Harvard’s Tacit Endorsement of Slavery on Democracy Now
Watch :Connecticut Woman Explains Why She’s Suing Harvard For Family Photos | Connecticut Public
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