Contesting Human Remains In Museum Collections
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Author | : Tiffany Jenkins |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2010-12-14 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1136897852 |
Since the late 1970s human remains in museum collections have been subject to claims and controversies, such as demands for repatriation by indigenous groups who suffered under colonization. These requests have been strongly contested by scientists who research the material and consider it unique evidence. This book charts the influences at play on the contestation over human remains and examines the construction of this problem from a cultural perspective. It shows that claims on dead bodies are not confined to once colonized groups. A group of British Pagans, Honouring the Ancient Dead, formed to make claims on skeletons from the British Isles, and ancient human remains, bog bodies and Egyptian mummies, which have not been requested by any group, have become the focus of campaigns initiated by members of the profession, at times removed from display in the name of respect. By drawing on empirical research including extensive interviews with the claims-making groups, ethnographic work, document, media, and policy analysis, Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections demonstrates that strong internal influences do in fact exist. The only book to examine the construction of contestation over human remains from a sociological perspective, it advances an emerging area of academic research, setting the terms of debate, synthesizing disparate ideas, and making sense of a broader cultural focus on dead bodies in the contemporary period.
Author | : Tiffany Jenkins |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2010-12-14 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1136897860 |
An examination of the construction of contestation over human remains from a sociological perspective, this work advances an emerging area of academic research, setting the terms of debate, synthesizing disparate ideas, & making sense of a broader cultural focus on dead bodies in the contemporary period.
Author | : Anette Rein |
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Release | : 2013 |
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Author | : Marleen Folkerts |
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Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2009 |
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Author | : Vicki Cassman |
Publisher | : Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0759109540 |
Presents a collection of information concerning the care and conservation of human remains in museums and academic institutions.
Author | : Jack Lohman |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9789231040214 |
Human Remains and Museum Practice reflects the discussions held at the Museum of London as part of an international symposium on the political and ethical dimensions of the collection and display of human remains in museums. It explores fundamental issues of collecting and displaying human remains, including ethics, interpretation and repatriation as they apply in different parts of the world. The first section looks at the overriding issues, whilst the second part describes the practices in different parts of the world.
Author | : Kacey M. Page |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
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Author | : Smithsonian Institution. Museum Reference Center |
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Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1994* |
Genre | : Anthropological museums and collections |
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Author | : Mary Bouquet |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2013-07-18 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0857852116 |
Museums: A Visual Anthropology provides a clear and concise summary of the key ideas, debates and texts of the most important approaches to the study of museums from around the world. The book examines ways to address the social relations of museums, embedded in their sites, collections, and exhibitions, as an integral part of the visual and material culture they comprise. Cross-disciplinary in scope, Museums uses ideas and approaches both from within and outside of anthropology to further students' knowledge of and interest in museums. Including selected, globally based case studies to highlight and exemplify important issues, the book also contains suggested Further Reading for each chapter, for students to expand their learning independently. Exploring fundamental methods and approaches to engage this constantly evolving time machine, Museums will be essential reading for students of anthropology and museum studies.
Author | : Alexandra Fletcher (Museum curator) |
Publisher | : British Museum Research Public |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780861591978 |
A key publication on the British Museum's approach to the ethical issues surrounding the inclusion of human remains in museum collections and possible solutions to the dilemmas relating to their curation, storage, access management and display.