The place of human remains in the frame of cultural heritage: the restitution of medieval skeletons from a Jewish cemetery
| Autor: | Valentina Mariotti, Maria Giovanna Belcastro |
|---|---|
| Přispěvatelé: | Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, Mariotti, Valentina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Archeology
History Materials Science (miscellaneous) Judaism 010401 analytical chemistry Ethnic group Environmental ethics 02 engineering and technology Conservation 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Viewpoints 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Restitution Cultural heritage Politics Chemistry (miscellaneous) Human skeletal collections Restitution Anthropological Museum Cultural heritage Ethics Frame (artificial intelligence) 0210 nano-technology General Economics Econometrics and Finance Spectroscopy Legitimacy |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cultural Heritage. 49:229-238 |
| ISSN: | 1296-2074 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.culher.2021.04.002 |
| Popis: | For social, cultural, religious and political reasons the human remains may represent powerful symbols with different meanings that changed over time among the different communities and countries. Thus, they have a sensitive nature that poses them in a “grey area”, still failing in terms of finding an adequate positioning in the research, in the contemporary cultural institutions and museums. Italy still lacks any official guidelines to follow in the case of protests and claims for restitution of human remains. Only recently, Italy experienced for the first time the restitution and reburial of skeletons coming from a medieval Jewish cemetery before the whole anthropological study could be completed. This event re-opens the debate, largely addressed in many Western countries from the 1990s but marginally until now in Italy, of the disputes between the legitimacy of scientific research on human remains and other various instances (ethnicity, religion, public view…). The case study provides the opportunity to propose our reflections on the legal position of human remains and on their fate in the often-contrasting viewpoints between the public and the researches. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full Text from ScienceDirect