Indigenous peoples have long sought the return of ancestral human
remains and associated artefacts from western museums and
scientific institutions. Since the late 1970s their efforts have
led museum curators and researchers to re-evaluate their practices
and policies in respect to the scientific uses of human remains.
New partnerships have been established between cultural and
scientific institutions and indigenous communities. Human remains
and culturally significant objects have been returned to the care
of indigenous communities, although the fate of bones and burial
artefacts in numerous collections remains unresolved and, in some
instances, the subject of controversy. In this book, leading
researchers from a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and
social sciences reflect critically on the historical, cultural,
ethical and scientific dimensions of repatriation. Through various
case studies they consider the impact of repatriation: what have
been the benefits, and in what ways has repatriation given rise to
new problems for indigenous people, scientists and museum
personnel. It features chapters by indigenous knowledge custodians,
who reflect upon recent debates and interaction between indigenous
people and researchers in disciplines with direct interests in the
continued scientific preservation of human remains.
In this book, leading researchers from a wide range of
disciplines in the humanities and social sciences reflect
critically on the historical, cultural, ethical and scientific
dimensions of repatriation. Through various case studies they
consider the impact of repatriation: what have been the benefits,
and in what ways has repatriation given rise to new problems for
indigenous people, scientists and museum personnel. It features
chapters by indigenous knowledge custodians, who reflect upon
recent debates and interaction between indigenous people and
researchers in disciplines with direct interests in the continued
scientific preservation of human remains.
Paul Turnbul lis a Professor of history in the School of
History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of
Queensland. He has written extensively on nineteenth-century racial
thought, and the theft and repatriation of Indigenous bodily
remains. His recent publications include (with Cressida Fforde and
Jane Hubert) the co-edited volume The Dead and their Possessions
(Routledge).
Michael Pickering is the Head of the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Program at the National Museum of Australia and has
directed the Museum's repatriation program for the past nine years.
His research interests and publications include studies on material
culture, cannibalism, hunter-gatherer archaeology and anthropology,
heritage management, and repatriation.
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