{"id":20398,"date":"2025-09-09T12:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/?p=20398"},"modified":"2025-09-09T12:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:27:08","slug":"restes-humains-issus-de-contextes-coloniaux-en-suisse-un-etat-des-lieux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/2025\/09\/09\/restes-humains-issus-de-contextes-coloniaux-en-suisse-un-etat-des-lieux\/","title":{"rendered":"Restes humains issus de contextes coloniaux en Suisse. Un \u00e9tat des lieux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ce rapport donne un aper\u00e7u g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la question des restes humains conserv\u00e9s dans les mus\u00e9es suisses.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1752\" height=\"1511\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH.jpg?resize=1752%2C1511&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH.jpg?resize=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH.jpg?resize=700%2C604&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH.jpg?resize=768%2C662&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH.jpg?resize=1536%2C1325&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-attachment-id=\"20399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/2025\/09\/09\/restes-humains-issus-de-contextes-coloniaux-en-suisse-un-etat-des-lieux\/screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_ancestral-remains_ch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH.jpg?fit=1752%2C1511&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1752,1511\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2025-09-09 at 13-16-55 2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH.jpg?fit=700%2C604&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Ce rapport s\u2019appuie sur une enqu\u00eate men\u00e9e entre 2023 et 2025 et fournit pour la premi\u00e8re fois un \u00e9tat des lieux des restes humains (\u00abancestral remains\u00bb) acquis dans des contextes coloniaux et conserv\u00e9s dans des mus\u00e9es et collections suisses. Ces institutions abritent au moins 4.175 cr\u00e2nes et autres parties de squelettes, dont la provenance et les circonstances d\u2019acquisition sont toutefois tr\u00e8s peu connues. Ce chiffre est remarquable, car il place la Suisse dans le sillage des anciens empires coloniaux. Pour cette enqu\u00eate, 26 institutions suisses (sur 34 contact\u00e9es) ont collabor\u00e9 avec les auteurs du rapport. Dans leurs conclusion, les auteurs formulent quatre recommandations afin de renforcer les efforts collectifs en mati\u00e8re de recherche, de soutien financier et de restitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R\u00e9f\u00e9rence : Sch\u00e4r B. C., Rossinelli F. &amp; K\u00f6ken A. (2025). <em>Restes humains issus de contextes coloniaux en Suisse. Aper\u00e7u g\u00e9n\u00e9ral<\/em>.  Centre d&rsquo;histoire internationale et d&rsquo;\u00e9tudes politiques de la mondialisation. Institut d&rsquo;\u00e9tudes politiques, 2025. Lien : <a href=\"https:\/\/iris.unil.ch\/entities\/publication\/1285958d-ebf3-4882-86ba-9b23131fc2ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/iris.unil.ch\/entities\/publication\/1285958d-ebf3-4882-86ba-9b23131fc2ec<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ce rapport donne un aper\u00e7u g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la question des restes humains conserv\u00e9s dans les mus\u00e9es suisses. Ce rapport s\u2019appuie sur une enqu\u00eate men\u00e9e entre 2023 et 2025 et fournit pour la premi\u00e8re fois un \u00e9tat des lieux des restes humains (\u00abancestral remains\u00bb) acquis dans des contextes coloniaux et conserv\u00e9s dans des mus\u00e9es et collections [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-publications","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Lyonel Kaufmann","author_link":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/author\/lyonelk\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-13-16-55-2025_Ancestral-Remains_CH.jpg?fit=1752%2C1511&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1rJVM-5j0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19377,"url":"https:\/\/lyonelkaufmann.ch\/histoire\/2022\/12\/14\/rapport-final-du-projet-pilote-de-memoriav-sur-la-situation-de-la-conservation-des-jeux-video-en-suisse\/","url_meta":{"origin":20398,"position":0},"title":"Rapport final du projet pilote de Memoriav sur la situation de la conservation des jeux vid\u00e9o en Suisse.","author":"Lyonel Kaufmann","date":"14 d\u00e9cembre 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Memoriav vient d'annoncer la cl\u00f4ture de son projet pilote sur la situation de la conservation des jeux vid\u00e9o en Suisse et de mettre en ligne le rapport final en fran\u00e7ais et en anglais. 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