International Repatriations of Indigenous Human Remains and Its Complexities
The Australian Experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4755607 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Turnbull (0000-0002-7101-1538, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6-18 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Museum and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-8360 • E-ISSN: 1479-8360 |
| Publisher | University of Leicester (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.29311/mas.v18i1.3246 |
| OpenAlex | W3013891677 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 9 |
In this article, I discuss how returns of Ancestral Remains of Indigenous Australian communities from overseas museums and other scientific institutions since the early 1990s have occurred in the context of changing Australian government repatriation policies and practices. The article then highlights how the past three decades have seen numerous instances of the return of Ancestral Remains to their community proving difficult and stressful because of the loss of ancestral lands, life-ways and the experience of colonial subjugation. As I explain, returning the dead has challenged the living by requiring them to address questions of authority, power and historical legacies of colonialism, notably in the case of those communities seeking the restoration of ownership of their ancestral country within the framework of Australia's current national and state land laws
Archaeology · Biology · Colonialism · Ethnology · Indigenous · Political science · Repatriation · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Ecology
When ancestors speak
Through a Quantitative Lens
Intervention photographs? On the photographs of German anthropologist Hermann Klaatsch
“A loss of journey”
The Aiatsis Return of Cultural Heritage Project
Ethics in Osteoarchaeology
Tracing Identity in a Fragmented Past
Nowhere Else but Home
Aspects of the historiography of Australian archaeology
Race, material culture, and the global history of science
Decolonising the museum
Repatriation of aboriginal sacred objects
Traditional Laws Meet Emerging Biotechnologies
What Remains? Reconciling Repatriation, Aboriginal Culture, Representation and the Past
Reflections on genocide and settler-colonial violence
Every Mother’s Son Is Guilty
Where are the Stories
Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law
Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native
Giving it a burl
Beyond Tradition
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |