The Natural History Museum Basel is working together with the Fundación Pueblo Kawésqar to repatriate the human remains of three Indigenous individuals to Chile. These ancestors arrived in Basel at the beginning of the 20th century in the context of the racial research and colonial ties of the time in
Switzerland.
To mark the visit of a delegation of Chilean descendants, the Basel Museum of Natural History is hosting a dialogue event to discuss the background of this restitution.
PROGRAM:
9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:15 – 10:30 a.m. The Kawésqar in the Past and Present
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Coffee break
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Historical Background, Provenance Research, and the Restitution Process in Basel
12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Moderators: Anelis Kaiser Trujillo, ICES Asociación de Investigadores Chilenos en Suiza, and Alexander Brust, Museum der Kulturen Basel
Switzerland.
To mark the visit of a delegation of Chilean descendants, the Basel Museum of Natural History is hosting a dialogue event to discuss the background of this restitution.
PROGRAM:
9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:15 – 10:30 a.m. The Kawésqar in the Past and Present
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Coffee break
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Historical Background, Provenance Research, and the Restitution Process in Basel
12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Moderators: Anelis Kaiser Trujillo, ICES Asociación de Investigadores Chilenos en Suiza, and Alexander Brust, Museum der Kulturen Basel
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