Tiffany Jenkins (who was also one of the organisers of this event [1]) is giving a talk this evening at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery about the ethical issues surrounding human remains in museums.
From:
Bristol City Council [2]
Human Remains: objects to study or ancestors to bury?
Thursday 11November 2010 7.30 –9pm
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Speaker: Dr Tiffany JenkinsFULLY BOOKED
Cultural sociologist Dr Tiffany Jenkins explores the ethical questions surrounding museums and the holding and display of human remains. What is respectful treatment? How should they be displayed? Should human remains be repatriated?
Dr Tiffany Jenkins is arts and society director of the Institute of Ideas. Her book ‘Contesting Human Remains: Museums and the Crisis of Cultural Authority’ is out Autumn 2010.