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If Instagram "vendors [selling human remains online] are clearly trying to mimic âmuseumâ-like experiences"
then the museum and heritage industry needs to change, like NOW
/1 https://twitter.com/Heritage_MDPI/status/1249879535442526209
If Instagram "vendors [selling human remains online] are clearly trying to mimic âmuseumâ-like experiences"
then the museum and heritage industry needs to change, like NOW
/1 https://twitter.com/Heritage_MDPI/status/1249879535442526209
We've all discussed this forever, but it's clear that fetishizing displays of human remains is problematic. And now we know it also feeds the commodification markets
Note: I think these thoughts are valid for other types of cultural heritage too
Note: I think these thoughts are valid for other types of cultural heritage too
The interplay between commodification and museums shouldn't be surprising
The design of such displays in museums developed out of private displays of such goods, originally called "cabinets of curiosities" (this one is from the Chateau de Fenelon in France)
The design of such displays in museums developed out of private displays of such goods, originally called "cabinets of curiosities" (this one is from the Chateau de Fenelon in France)
The debasement of human remains, cultural heritage & natural heritage as mere curiosities is achieved through decontextualization
Museum displays need to be designed to provide strong context, acknowledge colonial acquisition, and humanize the past...
Not as cool curiosities
Museum displays need to be designed to provide strong context, acknowledge colonial acquisition, and humanize the past...
Not as cool curiosities
Oh and since the human remains from the study were advertised on Instagram
All of us who share archaeology on social media need to check our posts on things like this
We can only change the perception of archaeological artifacts and human remains through all our small actions
All of us who share archaeology on social media need to check our posts on things like this
We can only change the perception of archaeological artifacts and human remains through all our small actions
And if you want to read more on the problems of colonial acquisition, fetishizing artifacts, and the importance of archaeological context for understanding both human remains and sexy pots, you can check out this thread
Yes, sexy pots https://twitter.com/FlintDibble/status/1163435944642588673?s=19
Yes, sexy pots https://twitter.com/FlintDibble/status/1163435944642588673?s=19
