Beware the Invisible

Abstract

In this article I focus on museum objects that have been taken illegally from another country or place. I also discuss the illegal trade in which many objects are involved, the different points of view concerning illegally traded antiquities. and I try, with help from two philosophers, to see how the dispute or discussion can be seen from another perspective, and possibly give a form of solution. I also deal with concepts such as the subaltern, invisible traces, contextual- and microarchaeology.