Open AccessHome-Coming: The Repatriation of Historical Recordings
Author(s) -
Ling Jia Sui
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian-european music research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2701-2689
pISSN - 2625-378X
DOI - 10.30819/aemr.7-7
Subject(s) - repatriation , closing (real estate) , field (mathematics) , sound (geography) , history , sociology , public relations , political science , law , acoustics , physics , mathematics , pure mathematics
This article deals with the provocative questions of repatriating recordings stored in large and small archivalinstitutions, mainly audio or video recordings, to source communities.While this topic is often, disputed within the framework of sound and audio-visual archivists, it is ratherrarely, investigated with academic vigor based personal experience in the field of music research. This paperattempts to start closing the knowledge gap and exchange ideas between those with practical experienceand those with musicological background but not necessarily intense experiences.The article provides an in-depth understanding of the term ‘home-coming’ and how this term relates tofuture activities and directions to be considered by museums and archival institutions. These insights mightbe of great benefit in sustaining and developing today’s archival institutions in Asia and Europe.