This presentation will explore salvage anthropology, a movement spurred by threats of extinction faced by indigenous societies that brought millions of material culture objects into museums. As a result, questions have arisen for museums such as what to do with stolen artifacts, stolen knowledge, and thousands of human remains.
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| Building: | Museum of Art |
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| Event Type: | Presentation |
| Tags: | archaeology, collections, cultural heritage, history, museum, museum collections, museum studies, museum studies program, museums, Native American, natural history museum, UMMA |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Museum Studies Program, Science, Technology, and Public, Policy; Ford School of Public Policy, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Science, Technology & Society, Museum of Natural History, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology |
