Changing Ethics of Human Remains

dc.contributor.editor	Bendix, Regina F.
dc.contributor.editor	Kurzwelly, Jonatan
dc.date.accessioned	2026-06-05T09:46:23Z
dc.date.available	2026-06-05T09:46:23Z
dc.date.issued	2026	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.17875/gup2026-3063	de
dc.format.extent	193	de
dc.format.medium	Print
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Göttinger Studien zur Kulturanthropologie/Europäischen Ethnologie-Göttingen Studies in Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology	de
dc.relation.haspart	3/isbn-978-3-86395-699-8.1
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dc.relation.haspart	3/isbn-978-3-86395-699-8.5
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dc.relation.haspart	3/isbn-978-3-86395-699-8.7
dc.relation.haspart	3/isbn-978-3-86395-699-8.8
dc.relation.haspart	3/isbn-978-3-86395-699-8.9
dc.relation.haspart	3/isbn-978-3-86395-699-8.10
dc.relation.haspart	3/isbn-978-3-86395-699-8.11
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de
dc.subject.ddc	300
dc.subject.other	OAPEN	de
dc.title	Changing Ethics of Human Remains	de
dc.type	anthology	de
dc.price.print	38,00
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:gbv:7-isbn-978-3-86395-699-8-8
dc.description.print	Softcover, 17x24	de
dc.subject.division	peerReviewed	de
dc.relation.isbn-13	978-3-86395-699-8
dc.identifier.articlenumber	8102541	de
dc.identifier.intern	isbn-978-3-86395-699-8	de
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume	021	de
dc.subject.bisac	SOC000000
dc.subject.vlb	510
dc.subject.bic	J
dc.description.abstracteng	The treatment of human remains in academic institutions has become a flash point in a shifting landscape of ethical concerns regarding the legacies of colonial injustice and contestable scientific practices. For centuries, the pursuit of anatomical knowledge relied on the commodification of colonial bodies, transforming individuals into objectified specimens. This book explores the complex and contentious transition from this legacy to the contemporary imperative of rehumanisation and restorative dignity. In doing so, it exposes deep-seated disciplinary frictions between the traditional preservation of scientific collections and the moral urgency of restitution. Through a diverse range of theoretical frameworks and global case studies, the contributors examine how the status of a ‘collectible scientific object’ is fundamentally transformed when reclaimed as an ancestor. By placing academic accounts alongside the perspectives of descendant communities, the book addresses the evolving legal, cultural, and diplomatic practices surrounding provenance research. It also confronts the ethical burdens of caring for the remaining remains. Ultimately, by acknowledging that modern academic disciplines share the genealogy of the colonial practices they now critique, the volume recognises that restitution offers a necessary, yet only partial, redress to the profound disruptions of the past.	de
dc.subject.eng	restitution	de
dc.subject.eng	collections	de
dc.subject.eng	provenance research	de
dc.notes.vlb-print	lieferbar
dc.intern.doi	10.17875/gup2026-3063	de
dc.identifier.purl	http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?univerlag-isbn-978-3-86395-699-8
dc.format.chapters	11	de
dc.intern.asin	3863956990
dc.subject.thema	J

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