Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Regarding Human Remains

A fascinating history-cum-dialogue about the shifting norms of collecting and displaying human remains in England and Australia.

Participants include: Dr. Lisa O'Sullivan (Senior Curator of Medicine, The Science Museum), Dr. Tiffany Jenkins (British sociologist working on a book called Contesting Human Remains; Museums and the Crisis of Authority), Simon Chaplin (Director of Museums & Special Collections, Royal College of Surgeons of England), and Lissant Bolton (Section Head, Oceania Oceanic collections, British Museum)

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