Repatriation and its Implications

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Repatriation and its Implications

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Cressida Fforde, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPY. Tel: +44 171 380 7496, Fax: +44 171 383 2572, email: CressidaFf@compuserve.com.

Lyndon Ormond Parker, FAIRA Aboriginal Corporation, +44 171 460 7280, Fax+ 44 171 373 4416, email: lyndon@faira.demon.co.uk

Deanne Hanchant, 1251 Greenhill Road, URAIDLA, South Australia 5152, Australia. Fax: +61 8 8207 3124, email: deanneha@tafe.sa.edu.au

This symposium is concerned with the repatriation of human remains and funerary objects to their communities of origin. It will examine the effects and implications that the return of such items have on the various groups involved, such as the communities concerned, museum curators, archaeologists and anthropologists. Topics of relevance include:

the effect and significance of repatriation for indigenous communities
the significance of repatriation for the relationship between and within the scientific and indigenous communities
the significance of repatriation for relevant government organisations and their relationship with the scientific and indigenous communities
the effect or otherwise of repatriation on scientific research
the implications of repatriation for the relationship between archaeological theory, research methods and politics
the relationship between the repatriation issue and the construction of identity(ies)
indigenous community issues arising from repatriation
the effect of the repatriation issue on collecting policies and collecting institutions

papers:
Author 1 Author 2 Title
Aird Developments in the repatriation of human remains and other cultural items in Queensland
Fish “Ndi nnyi ane a do dzhia marambo?” Who will take the Bones? The Matoks Archaeological Project.
Grist READY OR NOT READY TO SHAKE THE PILLARS?
Halealoha Ayau Repatriation of Native Hawaiian Skeletal Remains: The Contemporary Importance of Restoring the Ancestral Foundation
Hanchant Australia’s Skeletal Provenancing Project – An archival Researcher’s Point of View
Hunter Current Indigenous concerns regarding skeletal material: the Blanchtown excavation.
johnson “A wake-up call for the Chugach people”: the long-term effects of the Valdez Exxon oil spill.
Nagar Bone reburial in Israel – the law’s restriction and methodological applications
Nemaheni A CASE STUDY ON THE REBURIAL OF HUMAN REMAINS AT THULAMELA IN THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
Thornton Repatriation as Healing the Trauma of History