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Repatriation & MuseumsMain MenuRepatriation & MuseumsWho owns history?Museums & Returning ArtifactsThe history of museum returning artifacts, physically & digitallyDigital RepatriationA description of what is digital repatriation, case study examples, and its impact on the museum worldMedia & Related ResourcesMedia & scholastic resources listMary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
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12020-07-29T20:24:24-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9375262Image artifacts used throughout the Scalar projectgallery10111702020-07-29T20:25:06-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9Repatriation & MuseumsWho owns history?
1media/BM Trustee_thumb.jpg2020-07-23T13:13:12-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9Ahdaf Soueif - former British Museum Trustee2Ahdaf Soueif - former British Museum Trustee resigned in 2019 due to the BM refusing to change its position on the BP sponsorship & repatriationmedia/BM Trustee.jpgplain2020-07-29T21:01:00-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/BP protests at BM_thumb.jpg2020-07-23T13:55:23-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9BP Protestors at the British Museum3BP protestors at the British Museum, as part of the BP or not BP? movementmedia/BP protests at BM.jpgplain2020-07-29T21:04:52-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/British Museum drawing__thumb.jpg2020-07-22T12:45:46-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9British Museum Drawing1British Museum drawingmedia/British Museum drawing_.jpgplain2020-07-22T12:45:46-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/British Museum Tweet_thumb.jpg2020-07-23T12:30:44-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9British Museum Solidarity Tweet2Tweet from the British Museum (BM) after the protests held around the world in honor of George Floyd (Twitter, 2020)media/British Museum Tweet.jpgplain2020-07-29T20:42:38-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/Koh-i-noor diamond and David Cameron - BBC (2010)_thumb.jpg2020-07-23T13:22:02-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9David Cameron statement on Koh-i-noor diamond (BBC, 2010)3Former British Prime Minister David Cameron statement (2010) on Koh-i-noor diamondmedia/Koh-i-noor diamond and David Cameron - BBC (2010).jpgplain2020-07-29T20:59:50-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/Digital Dynamics Across Cultures_thumb.jpg2020-07-22T12:49:40-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9Digital Dynamics Across Cultures1Digital Dynamics Across Cultures (DDAC), an educational site designed in collaboration with Warumungu community members, content on the site is embedded with cultural protocols for access and use. As users navigate the site, they encounter alternative ways of sharing for cultural materials.media/Digital Dynamics Across Cultures.jpgplain2020-07-22T12:49:40-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/Example of 1000s of tweets_thumb.jpg2020-07-23T12:33:05-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9Example response tweets pt.12Example of the thousand's of tweets that were sent in the response to the British Museums solidarity tweet after the murder of George Floydmedia/Example of 1000s of tweets.jpgplain2020-07-29T20:43:49-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/article linked tweet_thumb.jpg2020-07-23T12:33:27-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9Example response tweets pt.22Example of the thousand's of tweets that were sent in the response to the British Museums solidarity tweet after the murder of George Floydmedia/article linked tweet.jpgplain2020-07-29T20:44:16-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/belong museum 2_thumb.jpg2020-07-20T20:32:49-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9IndianaJones2That belongs in a museum!" Quote from Indiana Jones - Last Crusademedia/belong museum 2.jpgplain2020-07-29T21:16:22-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/Thread Pt1_thumb.jpg2020-07-23T12:31:56-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9Oxford Professor & Curator Thread Pt.11media/Thread Pt1.jpgplain2020-07-23T12:31:56-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/Thread Pt2_thumb.jpg2020-07-23T12:32:25-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9Oxford Professor & Curator Thread Pt.21media/Thread Pt2.jpgplain2020-07-23T12:32:25-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/Royal BC Museum establish department of repatriation_thumb.jpeg2020-07-27T18:35:54-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9Royal BC Museum to Establish Department for Repatriation of First Nation Cultural Heritage1Royal BC Museum to Establish Department for Repatriation of First Nation Cultural Heritagemedia/Royal BC Museum establish department of repatriation.jpegplain2020-07-27T18:35:54-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/killerwhalehat_thumb.jpeg2020-07-28T20:56:10-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9Tlingit Killer Whale clan crest hat2Tlingit Dakl’aweidi clan Killer Whale clan crest hat, or Kéet S’aaxw. A religious rite object that has been at the Smithsonian museum and has been 3D printed and presented to the clan in 2012. The replica (left) and the original (right).media/killerwhalehat.jpegplain2020-07-28T20:59:06-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/TK Labels_thumb.JPG2020-07-21T19:18:30-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9Traditional Knowledge Labels1Traditional Knowledge Labels from Local Contexts by Kimberly Christen & research communitymedia/TK Labels.JPGplain2020-07-21T19:18:31-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9
1media/christen-fig1_thumb.png2020-07-29T19:50:23-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9Wumpurrarni-kari Archive1Mukurtu Wumpurrarni-kari Archive working with the Warumungu community in Tennent’s Creek (NT, Australia)media/christen-fig1.pngplain2020-07-29T19:50:25-07:00Mary Pukenis298c8131cc3f3381273c33b777995e0d4cbb86c9