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Dr. Alice Hertzog is a Professor and Director of the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich. Her research bridges Urban Anthropology and Museum Anthropology, focusing on postcolonial urbanization, mobility, and the restitution of contested cultural heritage. She works extensively across West Africa, South America, and Europe, with fieldwork in Benin, Nigeria, Brazil, Colombia, Switzerland, and France.
- Education: University of Cambridge, Sciences Po, École Normale Supérieure d'Ulm, ETH Zurich
- Current Role: Director of the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich
- Past Role: Provenance researcher at Rietberg Museum
Her work emphasizes collaborative methods and societal engagement, partnering with cultural institutions, local governments, and international organizations. Recent research includes the Benin Initiative Switzerland, examining colonial-era collections for restitution efforts, and analyzing urbanization patterns like the Lagos-Abidjan Corridor. Publications highlight the ethical dimensions of museum practices and the mobility of material culture.
Active in co-curating exhibitions such as Benin Obligated: How to deal with stolen royal treasures?, she advocates for participatory processes to address colonial legacies. Her projects Provenance Hacks and OpenEthno focus on digital tools for collection transparency and decolonizing museum archives.
