Sapiens

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In early 2024, Spain’s culture minister announced that the nation would overhaul its state museum collections, igniting a wave of anticipation—and controversy. As a multicultural Spaniard with extensive experience in the museum sector, I see the initiative as part of a long-overdue and much-needed reckoning with Spain’s colonial past.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

As one of the centennial issue’s authors notes, "Too often, African paleoanthropological heritage is the domain of international teams 4 , with little meaningful collaboration from local African researchers." But many other African fossils—particularly those collected during the colonial period—reside in European museums.

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Heritage studies constitute a developing field, where it is realized that the world’s cultural heritage is a diminishing resource, and one which holds different meanings for different people. Different state archaeology departments also actively engage themselves in declaring certain archaeologically important artefact as heritage.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 27, 2025

Large-scale digitization projects, such as those undertaken by museums or archives, often prioritize materials based on perceived cultural or historical value. The post Bits and Bytes Dont Leave Bones appeared first on Anthropology News. But what about the materials that dont make the cut?

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Treasure hunting often defaces or even destroys archaeological and environmental heritage. This potential harm to tangible heritage raises the ire of conservationists across government agencies, museums, universities, and other non-profit organizations.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 7, 2024

My name is Chip Colwell, a SAPIENS anthropology magazine, part of Wenner-Gren Foundation. I’m an archaeologist anthropologist who started writing in the anthropology publication about 15 years ago and had the seed idea of what would become SAPIENS and brought it to fruition. That topically we are focusing on anthropology.

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Sapiens

APRIL 16, 2024

Some universities are defunding and dismantling programs in archaeology , history , anthropology , art history , ancient languages , and classical studies. Ham used the spectacle to raise funds for his Creation Museum. Pseudoarchaeology robs Indigenous peoples of their heritage. K–12 schools in the U.S. rarely cover the field.

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