Ethics and restitution: Books and dissertations

E-books

Please see these collections:

• authenticity
• museum ethics
• museums: restitution and postcolonial perspectives

Most other e-books will be found with Summon.

However please also see the e-book guide for:

• more info about the e-book collections available in Summon
• links to other e-book collections which need to be searched separately from Summon

Books

Key areas of the library include:

• AB.ETH ethics in the art world
• AB.FAK fakes and forgeries
• AB.LAW art law
• AB.WW2 World War II and Nazi regime
• MUSE.ETH museum ethics.  There is some overlap with the AB.ETH section.
• THE theory.  Useful for understanding the intellectual currents which inform current thought about ethics and restitution, e.g. postcolonialism.

Dissertations

Ethics and restitution have always been popular dissertation topics at SIA, especially for MAAB students.  Here are the results of some sample searches:

• cultural property: London dissertations containing this phrase in the title or description 
• online New York dissertations about cultural property
• restitution: London dissertations containing this word in the title or description
• online New York dissertations about restitution
• ethics: London MAAB dissertations containing this word in the title or description
• online New York MAAB dissertations about ethics.

For more info, including accessing London dissertations online, see the following guides:

• looking at SIA dissertations
• dissertations and theses from other colleges and universities