Museum cooperation between Africa and Europe: a new field for museum studies

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Acknowledgments / Thomas Laely, Marc Meyer, Raphael Schwere -- Preface / Mareile Flitsch -- Heterodoxy and the internationalisation and regionalisation of museums and museology / a foreword by Anthony Shelton -- Building a critical museology in Africa / a foreword by Ciraj Rassool -- Introduction. Rethinking museum cooperation between Africa and Europe : do we need a new paradigm? / Thomas Laely, Marc Meyer, Raphael Schwere -- part I. Mapping the field--the history and context of museum cooperation between Africa and Europe. Connected by history, divided by reality : eliminating suspicion and promoting cooperation between African and European museums / George Okello Abungu -- Cooperation between European and African museums : a paradigm for démuséalisation? / Germain Loumpet. -- part II. Local communities and international networks--relations of partnership? Shifting knowledge boundaries in museums : museum objects, local communities and curatorial shifts in African museums / Jesmael Mataga -- Who shapes the museum? : exploring the impact of international networks on contemporary East African museums / Rosalie Hans -- The road to reconciliation : museum practice, community memorials and collaborations in Uganda / Nelson Adebo Abiti. part III. Accessibility of collections from Africa. The Junod Collection : a new generation of cooperation between Europe and Africa / Cynthia Kros and Anneliese Mehnert -- The Africa Accessioned Network : 'museum collections make connections' between Europe and Africa : a case study of Finland and Namibia / Jeremy Silvester -- The Hazina exhibition : challenges and lessons for international museum collaboration / Kiprop Lagat -- Artworks abroad : Ugandan art in German collections / Katrin Peters-Klaphake. -- part IV. Critique and evaluation of museum cooperation. New considerations in Afro-European museum cooperation in Africa : the examples of PREMA and other initiatives in Ghana / Kwame Amoah Labi -- Investigating museum development in Africa : from museum cooperation to the appropriation of praxis / Emery Patrick Effiboley -- Conservation and restoration as a challenge for museum cooperation : the case of the Palace Museum in Foumban, Cameroon / Michaela Oberhofer. -- Conclusion. What are the opportunities, challenges and modalities for African and European museum cooperation? / Cynthia Kros.