ETHICAL APPROACHES TO THE CARE AND DISPLAY OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMIFIED HUMAN REMAINS IN MUSEUMS
Schedule
Thu Oct 03 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
British Council Egypt | Giza, JZ
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ETHICAL APPROACHES TO THE CARE AND DISPLAY OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMIFIED HUMAN REMAINS IN MUSEUMS AND THE FIELDWhat constitutes the respectful and dignified care and display of human remains? This talk brings together research undertaken in Australia and the UK to address this question, including ongoing holistic research undertaken at the Chau Chak Wing Museum in Sydney, in partnership with Macquarie University, and as part of University College London's Egypt's Dispersed Heritage project. By considering the perspectives of descent communities, museum visitors, researchers and museum professionals, as well as the dead, these research teams are making new and informed decisions around better practices for human remains.
SPEAKERS:
Dr Melanie Pitkin is Senior Curator of the Nicholson Collection of Antiquities and Archaeology at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. She has more than 15 years professional experience working in museums in Australia and the UK and providing support to museums in Egypt.
Jacinta Carruthers is an equity practitioner, educator, and researcher with 10 years of experience working across the higher education and museum sectors. She has a background in ancient history, archaeology, museology, and educational equity. Jacinta currently holds the position of Manager of the Widening Participation Unit within the Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education) at Macquarie University and is a sessional academic within the Department of History and Archaeology. Jacinta is a member of the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale Dendara Necropolis Project, Egypt. Jacinta obtained a Bachelor of Ancient History (Honours) degree from Macquarie University and a Master of Museum and Heritage Studies from the University of Sydney.
Professor Ronika K. Power is Professor of Bioarchaeology in the Department of History and Archaeology at Macquarie University, and the Director of the Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment (CACHE). Ronika is an elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries London, the Royal Society of New South Wales, Academia Europaea, and one of the 30 inaugural Superstars of STEM for Science and Technology Australia. In 2019, Ronika was announced as the winner of the Max Crawford Medal from the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Kwang-su Lim Early Career Award of the Union Académique Internationale, Brussels, and was named as a Tall Poppy of Science from the Australian Institute of Policy in Science. She obtained a BA Ancient History with the University Medal from Macquarie University; an MSc Human Osteology and Palaeopathology from the University of Bradford, UK; and a PhD in Egyptology, Archaeology, Biological Anthropology and Philosophy from Macquarie University.
Professor Alice Stevenson is Professor of Museum Archaeology at University College London's Institute of Archaeology. She was formerly Curator of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and Researcher in World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. Her recent books include Egyptian Archaeology and the 21st-Century-Museum (CUP 2022) and Scattered Finds: Archaeology, Egyptology and Museums (UCL Press, 2019), as well as editing Collections Management as Critical Museum Practice (UCL Press 2024) and The Oxford Handbook of Museum Archaeology (OUP 2022).
Date:Thursday 03 October 2024
Place: Spring Room, British Council,
192 Sharia El-Nil,Agouza, Cairo, Egypt.
Time: 7:00 PM
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British Council Egypt, المجلس الثقافي البريطاني والمكتبة, شارع جمال عبد الناصر, العجوزة, الجيزة, مصر,El `Agûza, Al Jizah, Egypt, GizaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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