In this week’s blog post, Marie Hélène van de Ven, a PhD student at Aarhus University, explores the ethics of studying looted artefacts without reinforcing the very networks through which they were illegally acquired. Here, she shares a component of this research based on her work with the Illicit Antiquities in the Museum project at Antikmuseet, Aarhus University.
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Podcast Season 4, Episode 1: Trafficking through the Metaverse: The Antiquities Trade in the Internet Age with Katie Paul
Today, we kick off the fourth season of the Peopling the Past podcast, which focuses on cultural heritage and legacies of colonialism. In our first episode, we are joined by Katie Paul, an anthropologist and research analyst whose work centers on the destruction and displacement of cultural heritage.
Listen in, as Katie discusses the role of Facebook in the illicit antiquities trade, and how the company has been complicit in the sale and destruction of cultural heritage.
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