What Is Restitution?

What is the objective of the restitution of cultural artefacts? How can restitution be viewed as a way of valuing cultural heritage? And what role is played by the various actors involved in the process of restitution? In this informative book, Kodzo Gavua and Hans Peter Hahn discuss these and many other aspects pertaining to restitution, which they see not as a one-off action but as a process. Restitution begins long before an object is actually returned, and it does not end when the cultural artefact arrives at its destination. Rather, restitution is the result of ongoing cooperations and brings together the participants in their shared interest in creating a lasting value for the objects being returned.