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Spain’s Move to Decolonize Its Museums Must Continue

Sapiens

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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How To Connect Schools And Communities Using Technology

TeachThought

How To Connect Schools And Communities Using Technology by Terry Heick It’s possible that there is no time in the history of education that our systems of educating have been so out of touch with the communities. Growing populations, shifting communities, and increasingly inwardly-focused schools all play a role. Worried about privacy?

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Oral History of Forgottonia: Building a Public History Project in Rural Western Illinois

NCHE

At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! What’s the name of that young lady who did a history project about Dickson Mounds? I remember when I was a little girl, you could still go to the museum and see the Native American remains before the governor ordered the museum to cover them up.”

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Mississippi’s darkest days on display in new museums

The Hechinger Report

The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. What happened to Emmett Till was brutal, but the tragedy has been sanitized in Mississippi textbooks and in discussions of this state’s violent, racist history. The museums are vast, engaging and traumatizing. The museums are vast, engaging and traumatizing.

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OPINION: How best do we teach kids about Holocaust horrors? Show them what it was like

The Hechinger Report

Over the past decade, researchers, museum professionals and educators have started to explore the use of virtual and augmented reality in relation to Holocaust education and memory. One even said she had “never wanted to learn history’’ before. It’s intended for larger museum, school and community spaces.

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The Role of Silk in Ancient Rituals: New Insights from Bronze Age China

Anthropology.net

Researchers from the China National Silk Museum and the Sichuan Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology have confirmed that silk played a significant role in sacrificial rituals conducted by the Shu State during the late Shang Dynasty (1600–1100 BCE). In Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History.

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Immersive 3D Technology Reshapes the Study of the Human Past

Anthropology.net

A New Way to Study Ancient Artifacts For decades, archaeologists have relied on traditional methods to analyze artifacts and architectural remains. A Breakthrough in Armenia The HKU team tested their innovative approach at a field site in Armenia, a region with a rich Early Bronze Age history. 1 Cobb, P. J., & Azizbekyan, H.