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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Sapiens

APRIL 1, 2025

candidate in anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Charlotte has worked on community museum projects, coordinated decolonizing museum programs, and co-curated an independent art exhibition. SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human is part of the American Anthropological Association Podcast Library.

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For six weeks, we spent 40 percent of our time at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) office and 60 percent of our time at partner institutions: the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) and the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC). Luckily, they’re only one stop apart.

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Sapiens

APRIL 2, 2025

For, I work extensively on Tanzanian heritage and human remains entrapped in Germany. Despite my training and my experience with adjacent fields, such as anthropology and philosophy, I became increasingly disdainful of the sprint toward objectivityan oasis mirage, especially as a historian of Africa. The time for that has passed.

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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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