Barros_heritage, 10 months ago THE CARE/REPATRIATION OF HUMAN REMAINS HELD IN MUSEUMS. As @ricketson points out, this is a problem that has been tirelessly debated for many years. And it is a multifaceted problem. Some examples (there are, of course, many more): ➡️ MOVE Bombing and the Penn Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/725976/philadelphia-move-bombing-penn-museum-still-keeps-secrets-on-the-remains/ ➡️ Having a code of ethics: https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/DCMS-Guidance-for-the-care-of-human-remains-in-museum.pdf ➡️ What to do with human remains from archaeological sites: https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/234258/1/The%20Dignity%20of%20the%20Dead.pdf ➡️ The situation at natural history museums: https://icom.museum/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/nathcode_ethics_en.pdf ➡️ Displaying mummies: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303938184_The_Living_Dead_Egyptian_Mummies_and_the_Ethics_of_Display ➡️ Colonial violence and human remains: https://items.ssrc.org/where-heritage-meets-violence/the-body-snatchers-colonial-museum-collecting-as-violence-and-violation/ ➡️ Repatriation of human remains: https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-human-remains ➡️ Remains of Human Victims of Nazi Terror: https://www.bu.edu/jewishstudies/files/2018/08/HOW-TO-DEAL-WITH-HOLOCAUST-ERA-REMAINS.FINAL_.pdf @academicchatter @anthropology @archaeodons @histodons @ryanfb @mycotropic @Denying_History #HumanRemains #Museum #Ethics #Holocaust #Colonialism #Repatriation #Archaeology #Anthropology #NativeAmerican #Violence
THE CARE/REPATRIATION OF HUMAN REMAINS HELD IN MUSEUMS.
As @ricketson points out, this is a problem that has been tirelessly debated for many years. And it is a multifaceted problem. Some examples (there are, of course, many more):
➡️ MOVE Bombing and the Penn Museum: https://hyperallergic.com/725976/philadelphia-move-bombing-penn-museum-still-keeps-secrets-on-the-remains/
➡️ Having a code of ethics: https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/DCMS-Guidance-for-the-care-of-human-remains-in-museum.pdf
➡️ What to do with human remains from archaeological sites: https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/234258/1/The%20Dignity%20of%20the%20Dead.pdf
➡️ The situation at natural history museums: https://icom.museum/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/nathcode_ethics_en.pdf
➡️ Displaying mummies: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303938184_The_Living_Dead_Egyptian_Mummies_and_the_Ethics_of_Display
➡️ Colonial violence and human remains: https://items.ssrc.org/where-heritage-meets-violence/the-body-snatchers-colonial-museum-collecting-as-violence-and-violation/
➡️ Repatriation of human remains: https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-human-remains
➡️ Remains of Human Victims of Nazi Terror: https://www.bu.edu/jewishstudies/files/2018/08/HOW-TO-DEAL-WITH-HOLOCAUST-ERA-REMAINS.FINAL_.pdf
@academicchatter @anthropology @archaeodons @histodons @ryanfb @mycotropic @Denying_History
#HumanRemains #Museum #Ethics #Holocaust #Colonialism #Repatriation #Archaeology #Anthropology #NativeAmerican #Violence