In this week’s blog post, we feature the work of our Egyptian colleagues from the Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage project. Here, they offer us a 12-point manifesto which highlights the ways in which the public can treat Egyptian mummified ancestral remains and their contemporary descendant communities with the dignity and respect that they deserve.
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Blog Post #111: Telling New Stories: Do We Need to Display the Egyptian Dead? with Lisa Saladino Haney
In this week’s blog post, Dr. Lisa Saladino Haney takes us through her work on the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s new “Egypt on the Nile” project, in which they are re-imagining the ways that we conceive of museum exhibitions related to ancient Egypt and the ethical treatment of the mummified human remains in the care of their museum.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 12: Hopeful Futures for Archaeological Practice with Yannis Hamilakis
In our final episode of season 4, we speak to Dr. Yannis Hamilakis, Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Modern Greek Studies at Brown University.
Listen in, as Dr. Yannis Hamilakis discusses the politics of the past and the critical and ethical pathways forward for archaeology and teaching in the face of hypernationalism and genocide.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 11: Protecting Heritage in Times of Conflict with Isber Sabrine
In this week’s episode of the Peopling the Past Podcast, we interview Dr. Isber Sabrine, the president and cofounder of Heritage for Peace. Listen in, as Dr. Isber Sabrine discusses looting and the illicit antiquities trade in times of violent conflict and the importance of centring community voices and capacity building in heritage protection.
Listen in, as Dr. Kamash speaks about the politics of archaeology and the importance of cultural heritage for community well-being and healing during times of conflict.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 10: Between the Tigris and the Thames: Heritage Practice with Zena Kamash
In this week’s episode of the Peopling the Past Podcast, we interview Dr. Zena Kamash, a British-Iraqi archaeologist and senior visiting research fellow at King’s College, University of London.
Listen in, as Dr. Kamash speaks about the politics of archaeology and the importance of cultural heritage for community well-being and healing during times of conflict.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 8: Selective Salvage: Archaeology and Hydropolitics with William Carruthers
On this episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Dr. William Carruthers, a lecturer at the school of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Essex.
Listen in, as Dr. Carruthers, discusses archaeology and cultural heritage in post-colonial Egypt.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 7: Hired Hands, Silenced Voices: Archaeology and Local Communities with Allison Mickel
In this episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Dr. Allison Mickel, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Global Studies at Lehigh University.
Listen in, as Dr. Mickel discusses the realm of knowledge-keeping, exploitation of local site workers, and their relations to colonial labor practices.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 5: Naturalizing Inequalities: The Colonial Museum with Dan Hicks
In today’s episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Dr. Dan Hicks, professor of contemporary archaeology at the University of Oxford and the curator of World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Listen in, as he discusses the role of modern museums in colonial mythologies, and what a path forward might look like.
Blog Post #102: The Mediterranean Antiquities Provenance Research Alliance with Mireille Lee
In this week’s blog post we interview Dr. Mireille Lee on her work with the Foundation for Ethical Stewardship of Cultural Heritage (FESCH) and the Mediterranean Antiquities Provenance Research Alliance (MAPRA). Here, she takes us through the issues with undocumented antiquities and the ethical issues that arise when looted objects end up in university and museum collections.
Peopling the Past Podcast Season 4: Cultural Heritage and Legacies of Colonialism
The Peopling the Past Podcast is back for a fourth season and this time we’re focusing on cultural heritage and the legacies of colonialism. Join your hosts Dr. Chelsea Gardner and Dr. Melissa Funke, as well as Dr. Christine Johnston (the producer of Season 4), for a very special preview episode, taking us through what we can expect from our podcast this season.
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