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Jenny L. Davis, U of I Dept. of Anthropology: "The inter-, intra-, and multi-national dynamics of NAGPRA and the repartiation of anthropolocial collections"

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Archaeological Institute of America, Central Illinois Society; Department of the Classics; Spurlock Museum
Location
Knight Auditorium, The Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana
Date
Mar 31, 2019   3:00 pm  
Speaker
Jenny L. Davis, U of I Dept. of Anthropology
Cost
Free and open to the public.
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School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Calendar

The work of repatriating anthropological collections that fall under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or for collections from outside of the United States, requires collaboration and consultation with and between university or museum representatives, Indigenous nations, lineal descendants, federal agencies, and national governments. In fact, the word ‘consultation’ occurs twenty-eight times in the NAGPRA regulations, but what does such consultation look like? Drawing on examples from repatriation work in UIUC collections from  the United States and Ecuador, this talk demonstrates how compliance with repatriation law and best practices requires knowledge of legal codes, social protocols, and methods of collaboration at national, international, and multi-national scales.

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