Pagans and Museums: Approaching the Ancestors

Inspired by post-colonial restitution campaigns for return of Ancestral bones, British Druids campaigned for the reburial of skeletons and other corporeal relics in museums and at heritage sites. This article briefly analyses the ideas behind and the conduct of these campaigns situating them within...

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Main Author: Rathouse, Will (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2021
In: The pomegranate
Year: 2021, Volume: 23, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 157-165
Further subjects:B skeletons
B Campaigns
B Museums
B Counter-culturalism
B Ancestors
B Stonehenge
B Heritage
B Archaeology
B Skeletons
B Druids
B Bones
B Politics
B Contestation
B Druidry
B Philosophy
B Reburial
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Summary:Inspired by post-colonial restitution campaigns for return of Ancestral bones, British Druids campaigned for the reburial of skeletons and other corporeal relics in museums and at heritage sites. This article briefly analyses the ideas behind and the conduct of these campaigns situating them within the traditions of contemporary British Druidry.
ISSN:1743-1735
Contains:Enthalten in: The pomegranate
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/pome.21357