A Polluting Concept of Culture: Native Artefacts Contaminated with Toxic Preservatives

Simms, Sarah

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“…In the wake of a colonial past, these toxins represent yet another wave of relentless assault and injustice (Simms and McIntyre 2014). Reflecting on this painful legacy, Te Herekiekie Haerehuka Herewini, Te Papa's Pouwhakahaere Kaupapa Pūtere Kōiwi (Head of Repatriation), stated:…”

Section: Colonisation's Painful Legacymentioning

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Toxic Heritage

Kryder–Reid¹,

May²

2023

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Toxic Heritage addresses the heritage value of contamination and toxic sites and provides the first in-depth examination of toxic heritage as a global issue.Bringing together case studies, visual essays, and substantive chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume provides a critical framing of the globally expanding field of toxic heritage. Authors from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and methodologies examine toxic heritage as both a material phenomenon and a concept. Organized into five thematic sections, the book explores the meaning and significance of toxic heritage, politics, narratives, affected communities, and activist approaches and interventions. It identifies critical issues and highlights areas of emerging research on the intersections of environmental harm with formal and informal memory practices, while also highlighting the resilience, advocacy, and creativity of communities, scholars, and heritage professionals in responding to the current environmental crises.Toxic Heritage is useful and relevant to scholars and students working across a range of disciplines, including heritage studies, environmental science, archaeology, anthropology, and geography.

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Section: Colonisation's Painful Legacymentioning

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Toxic Heritage

Kryder–Reid¹,

May²

2023

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“…They do not consider how the paint relates to historic properties or how the issue affects perceptions of history or heritage. In one of the six direct explorations of history-heritage-health connections, Simms (2005) identified preservatives on museum artefacts as health risks for handling the artefacts. Preserving the artefacts this way precludes their continued use in traditional ceremonies or living.…”

Section: Health Concernsmentioning

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Linking public health and heritage work

Orthel

2021

International Journal of Heritage Studies

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This article reports a cross-disciplinary literature review focused to identify if and how history and heritage have been linked with public health. Widely varied opinions suggest history, heritage, and historic places are valuable assets for improving the human condition. Yet, evidence for how history and heritage improve human lives is mostly indirect or anecdotal. What connections exist between individuals' knowledge of their history and measures of public health? Do the choices individuals make to retain and protect tangible and intangible things benefit their health? And, ultimately, how might heritage work strengthen individual and public health? The existing literature on history, heritage, and health suggests the topics might relate but more research is needed to make meaningful claims. Heritage professionals should support interdisciplinary efforts to understand how their goals may align with other disciplines and practices.

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Pollution and permanence: museum repair in toxic worlds

Bangstad

2021

Museums & Social Issues

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A Polluting Concept of Culture: Native Artefacts Contaminated with Toxic Preservatives

Cited by 4 publications

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Toxic Heritage

Toxic Heritage

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Pollution and permanence: museum repair in toxic worlds

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