International Repatriation: A Study of Awareness Among US-based Practitioners

Summary

This is a poster submission presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The practice of repatriation has become increasingly nuanced as people and nations around the world have renewed their demands for the return of their cultural patrimony from international – generally, Western – museums. International repatriation has grown so significantly that a number of federal agencies have developed working groups devoted to the topic, and universities and museums have and are receiving numerous repatriation requests. Unsurprisingly, this social and cultural shift has also prompted increasing media attention world-wide. The addition of international repatriation efforts to the ongoing work of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) practitioners and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) solidifies repatriation as an important component of anthropology. But to what degree is the broader discipline of anthropology aware of the topic?

This project seeks to evaluate the current level of awareness among US-based anthropologists, and the current engagement of American repatriation practitioners with international repatriation.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023   •
• 2023 SHA Poster Submissions

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Contact(s): Nicole Haddow