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1. Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections

   The Crisis of Cultural Authority

   By Tiffany Jenkins

   Series: Routledge Research in Museum Studies

   Since the late 1970s human remains in museum collections have been subject to claims and controversies, such as demands for repatriation by indigenous groups who suffered under colonization. These requests have been strongly contested by scientists who research the material and consider it unique...

   Published October 20th 2010 by Routledge