Krimpen, van, Carolien
(2018)
Beyond their Graves.
Master thesis, Master Religion and Culture research.
Abstract
Human remains
The definition of human remains differs from policy to policy, form author to author. In it most narrow definition, the term refers only to skeletal or body fragments. In its widest definition, it also includes grave goods and even the location of the finds or the landscape.1 For the purposes of this thesis, the term “human remains” includes all the human tissue, including hairs and nails, and human remains that were altered or bound up with non-human material.
Repatriation
The term usually describes the return of an object or person to its place of origin or ‘home’, but this is not always the case. For many objects, for instance, the ‘home’ is not known, and they end up in a museum for storage. Nevertheless, the term ‘repatriation’ is so frequently used in the discourse, that presumably the value-laden aspect of the term (what counts as the home) is accepted, or is ignored.2
English
Regulation The thesis focuses on English regulation regarding human remains: all the interviewed museums are English. However, the Human Tissue Act concerns the whole United Kingdom. The DCMS Guidance, concerns England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland has its own set of regulations which differ in some respects from the the DCMS Guidance: for instance, none of the sites of Historic Scotland have human remains on display.3
| Type: |
Thesis
(Master)
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| Supervisors (RUG): |
| Supervisor | E-mail | Tutor organization | Tutor email |
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| Irving, A.J.M. | A.J.M.Irving@rug.nl | | | | Jong, M. de | Michelle.de.Jong@rug.nl | | |
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| Degree programme: |
Master Religion and Culture research |
| Academic year: |
2017- 2018 |
| Date of delivery: |
12 Oct 2018 |
| Last modified: |
12 Oct 2018 11:45 |
| URI: |
https://ggw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/422 |
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