This response to Zoë Strother’s “Iconoclasms in Africa,” specifically its attention to the historical entanglement of museums and iconoclasm, reflects on the notions of collection, curation, and heritage. I pay special attention to the idea of curation as a form of healing, exploring this idea in the context of the renewed debate on restitution and repatriation. I argue that not only is uncertainty inscribed into the notion of heritage but that uncertainty itself has become a form of heritage.

June 01 2013 Marilyn Jensen Houlberg 1939–2012 Donald Cosentino, Donald Cosentino Donald Cosentino is Professor Emeritus of World Arts and Cultures, UCLA, and curatorial partner with Marilyn Houlberg on “The Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou” (1995–99) and “In Extremis: Death and Life in 21st Century Haitian Art” (2012–14). cosentin@arts.ucla.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Henry John Drewal, Henry John Drewal Henry John Drewal is Evjue-Bascom Professor of African and African Diaspora Arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison. hjdrewal@wisc.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Katherine Smith, Katherine Smith Katherine Smith is an Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow at NYU in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She is currently working on a book about art and religion in urban Haiti. katherine.smith@nyu.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Doran H. Ross Doran H. Ross Doran H. Ross is the International Soccer Editor of African Arts. dross@arts.ucla.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Donald Cosentino Donald Cosentino is Professor Emeritus of World Arts and Cultures, UCLA, and curatorial partner with Marilyn Houlberg on “The Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou” (1995–99) and “In Extremis: Death and Life in 21st Century Haitian Art” (2012–14). cosentin@arts.ucla.edu Henry John Drewal Henry John Drewal is Evjue-Bascom Professor of African and African Diaspora Arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison. hjdrewal@wisc.edu Katherine Smith Katherine Smith is an Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow at NYU in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She is currently working on a book about art and religion in urban Haiti. katherine.smith@nyu.edu Doran H. Ross Doran H. Ross is the International Soccer Editor of African Arts. dross@arts.ucla.edu Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2013 by the Regents of the University of California.2013 African Arts (2013) 46 (2): 4–8. https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_a_00057 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Donald Cosentino, Henry John Drewal, Katherine Smith, Doran H. Ross; Marilyn Jensen Houlberg 1939–2012. African Arts 2013; 46 (2): 4–8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_a_00057 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2013 by the Regents of the University of California.2013 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

June 01 2013 Determining Value and the Politics of Presence Peter Probst Peter Probst Peter Probst is Professor of Art and Art History at Tuft University. His work focuses on image and the work of heritage, aura and effect, and figures of difference in African art. peter. probst@tufts.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Peter Probst Peter Probst is Professor of Art and Art History at Tuft University. His work focuses on image and the work of heritage, aura and effect, and figures of difference in African art. peter. probst@tufts.edu Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2013 by the Regents of the University of California.2013 African Arts (2013) 46 (2): 11. https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_a_00061 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Peter Probst; Determining Value and the Politics of Presence. African Arts 2013; 46 (2): 11. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_a_00061 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2013 by the Regents of the University of California.2013 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research on heritage preservation in Africa shows a field shaped by different and often opposite positions as to the actual meaning of heritage. Does heritage signify valuable remnants of the past that require safeguarding and protection? Or, is heritage first and foremost a contemporary practice by which the past comes to matter in the present? This paper aims to link and negotiate between these two positions. The empirical basis stems from my own research on how the sacred grove of the Yoruba river deity Osun in Southwest Nigeria became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Drawing on the insights of this research, I argue that heritage is a relationship embedded in spheres of exchange that generate both moral and material forms of value. Conceiving heritage as exchange, so I contend, not only allows for a better understanding of the multiple values of heritage; it also sharpens interest in the struggles of control over the media of exchange. This paper examines these struggles with respect to the different spheres of exchange (local, national, and global) in which the grove of the river goddess Osun is entangled.

September 01 2012 Iconoclash in the Age of Heritage Peter Probst Peter Probst Peter Probst is Professor of Art History and Anthropology at Tufts University, Boston, where he teaches African art/visual culture and critical heritage studies. His most recent book is Osogbo and the Art of Heritage: Monuments, Deities, and Money (Indiana University Press, 2011). Peter.Probst@tufts.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Peter Probst Peter Probst is Professor of Art History and Anthropology at Tufts University, Boston, where he teaches African art/visual culture and critical heritage studies. His most recent book is Osogbo and the Art of Heritage: Monuments, Deities, and Money (Indiana University Press, 2011). Peter.Probst@tufts.edu Online ISSN: 1937-2108 Print ISSN: 0001-9933 © 2012 by the Regents of the University of California.2012 African Arts (2012) 45 (3): 10–13. https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_a_00007 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Peter Probst; Iconoclash in the Age of Heritage. African Arts 2012; 45 (3): 10–13. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_a_00007 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2012 by the Regents of the University of California.2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

September 01 2010 Troubled Waters: On Otherness and Ownership Peter Probst Peter Probst Peter Probst is associate professor at the Department of Art History at Tufts University, where he teaches African art and visual culture. Peter.Probst@tufts.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Peter Probst Peter Probst is associate professor at the Department of Art History at Tufts University, where he teaches African art and visual culture. Peter.Probst@tufts.edu Online ISSN: 1937-2108 Print ISSN: 0001-9933 © 2010 by the Regents of the University of California.2010 African Arts (2010) 43 (3): 8–9. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2010.43.3.8b Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Peter Probst; Troubled Waters: On Otherness and Ownership. African Arts 2010; 43 (3): 8–9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2010.43.3.8b Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2010 by the Regents of the University of California.2010 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

December 01 2009 Yoruba Heritage as Project: Reauthenticating the Osun Grove in Osogbo, Nigeria Peter Probst Peter Probst Associate Professor at the Department of Art History at Tufts University where he teaches African art and visual culture. His fieldwork in Cameroon, Malawi, and Nigeria has resulted in numerous publications on heritage, memory, modernity, and visual theory. In 2009 he completed the manuscript for his new book, provisionally titled Keeping the Goddess Alive: The Art of Heritage in Postcolonial Nigeria. Peter.Probst@tufts.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Peter Probst Associate Professor at the Department of Art History at Tufts University where he teaches African art and visual culture. His fieldwork in Cameroon, Malawi, and Nigeria has resulted in numerous publications on heritage, memory, modernity, and visual theory. In 2009 he completed the manuscript for his new book, provisionally titled Keeping the Goddess Alive: The Art of Heritage in Postcolonial Nigeria. Peter.Probst@tufts.edu Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2009 by the Regents of the University of California.2009 African Arts (2009) 42 (4): 24–37. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2009.42.4.24 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Peter Probst; Yoruba Heritage as Project: Reauthenticating the Osun Grove in Osogbo, Nigeria. African Arts 2009; 42 (4): 24–37. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2009.42.4.24 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2009 by the Regents of the University of California.2009 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

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