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Uncomfortable encounters: expected and unexpected experiences with human remains in museums

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Counts, Sadie

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https://revistadeantropologia.uchile.cl/index.php/RCA/article/view/82750
10.5354/0719-1472.2025.82750
Abstract
The following article looks at the ethical considerations of displaying Human Remains in museums, considering both the deceased as well as the museum visitor. Using autoethnographic examples from various museum contexts, I discuss how encounters with Human Remains can be uncomfortable both when they are expected and unexpected. Drawing on various professional and legal codes of ethics and statements regarding the treatment of Human Remains in collections, I ask how we may, as anthropologists, tackle this issue of humanity for both the living and the deceased in museum spaces as we continue to navigate this ethical dilemma.
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Artes, Arquitectura y UrbanismoCiencias Agrarias, Forestales y VeterinariasCiencias Exactas y NaturalesCiencias SocialesDerechoEconomía y AdministraciónFilosofía y HumanidadesIngenieríaMedicinaMultidisciplinarias
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Universidad de ChileUniversidad Católica de ChileUniversidad de Santiago de ChileUniversidad de ConcepciónUniversidad Austral de ChileUniversidad Católica de ValparaísoUniversidad del Bio BioUniversidad de ValparaísoUniversidad Católica del Nortemore

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