What should museums do with their dead? (w/ Caitlin Doughty!)
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Many museums house significant numbers of human remains, many of which were acquired without the consent of the individual in question. So, our good friend C...

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Many museums house significant numbers of human remains, many of which were acquired without the consent of the individual in question. So, our good friend Caitlin from Ask a Mortician stopped by the Field Museum to talk with us about it. This is a humongous and complicated topic - we’d love to know what you think!

Caitlin’s channel: Ask a Mortician Website: http://caitlindoughty.com Read her books they’re AWESOME: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7802044.Caitlin_Doughty

Info on NAGPRA: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nagpra/index.htm

Here’s the paper from Science about the person from Spirit Cave and the genetic testing of that individual: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6419/eaav2621

Mummy unwrapping parties: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-party-people-unrolled-mummies-for-fun

Origins of Exhibited Cadavers Questioned: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5637687

More on Grover Krantz, Sasquatch scientist and expert on human evolution: https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/A-student-of-Sasquatch-Prof-Grover-Krantz-dies-1080702.php

  • CrulOPEnglish
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    10 months ago

    My last few posts in this sub had a (significant proportion of) downvotes. Please let me know if they are not appropriate.
    Thanks.

    EDIT: Hehe, funnily enough, this comment has been downvoted without explanation :D. I really don’t care about internet-points, but I’m curious about the reasons.