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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 03:04, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
While I agree with many sentiments in the article, it reads more like an editorial than an objective presentation of the issue. Anthropologists would argue that there are specific scientific motives to keep and study human remains. 69.171.160.113 ( talk)
This seems a bit POV or OR to me...-- ♦♦♦Vlmastra♦♦♦ ( talk) 20:33, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
This article lacks detail and there are is complete lack of information about some of the most notorious cases such as the Sarah Baartman, "Negro of Banyoles", "Yagan", Egyptian "mummies" and native american remains. Each of these cases should have a section to themselves, plus other notable examples that I am not aware of, since I am not an expert in this field. Further, there needs to be a section on relevant international and national laws and accompanying lawsuits etc. Lastly there needs to be information about how this issues has been dealt with historically and the evolving views on the matter. This article requires a complete rewrite by an expert. Pearl2525 ( talk) 16:29, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Health and safety issue:
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 10 January 2023 and 2 May 2023. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
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— Assignment last updated by Lfz319 ( talk) 23:29, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
Apparently looking at the return of some of the Naga remains:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqZ-pgcXpRY
©Geni ( talk) 01:39, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedians!
I thought that this was an incredibly important article. I agree with many on this Talk page that it could use some work. I have made numerous edits as listed below. Please let me know what could change and improve! Thank you.
For the "Ethical Considerations" portion, I thought that it should elaborate on the descendant-source community perspective. I added specific reasons why they do or do not support repatriation. In an effort to avoid to bias, I also wanted to include the anthropologist/scientist perspective on the matter. This whole section, I labeled as "Perspectives" rather than "Ethical Considerations."
This elaboration on the descendent perspective was also meant to improve the equity gaps. I also noticed that the initial article lacked Black and Indigenous examples of repatriating human remains. To further improve the equity gap, I included some well-known examples such as Sarah Baartman, El Negro, Ishi, and Canadian Residential Schools. Some of these well-known examples already have main articles of their own. For example, there is an in-depth Wikipedia article dedicated to Sarah Baartman. To account for these cases, I added a brief summary and linked the main page for more information.
I also attempted to improve the organization. Initially, all of the continents of the repatriation examples were individually listed as main headers. Instead, I grouped all of these under the larger "Case Studies" heading.
Involving photos, I removed the photo of Shiny, the Tasmanian man’s decapitated head. The Tasmanian man's head was likely unethically obtained. He has since been repatriated, but I feel it's unnecessary to show a picture of his head since he obviously did not give consent. After removing one photo, I added two. I included a picture of Ishi and an ephemera of Sarah Baartman. This ephemera displays the sentiments of the time and the objectification which led her body to be kept on display.
This article has much need for improvement. I couldn't fix everything on here. However, I hope that my work cleared things up a bit and at least filled in some equity gaps. Again, I look forward to any kind and helpful feedback for improvement. Thank you!
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 03:04, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
While I agree with many sentiments in the article, it reads more like an editorial than an objective presentation of the issue. Anthropologists would argue that there are specific scientific motives to keep and study human remains. 69.171.160.113 ( talk)
This seems a bit POV or OR to me...-- ♦♦♦Vlmastra♦♦♦ ( talk) 20:33, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
This article lacks detail and there are is complete lack of information about some of the most notorious cases such as the Sarah Baartman, "Negro of Banyoles", "Yagan", Egyptian "mummies" and native american remains. Each of these cases should have a section to themselves, plus other notable examples that I am not aware of, since I am not an expert in this field. Further, there needs to be a section on relevant international and national laws and accompanying lawsuits etc. Lastly there needs to be information about how this issues has been dealt with historically and the evolving views on the matter. This article requires a complete rewrite by an expert. Pearl2525 ( talk) 16:29, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Health and safety issue:
©Geni ( talk) 02:37, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 10 January 2023 and 2 May 2023. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
Lfz319 (
article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Lfz319 ( talk) 23:29, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
Apparently looking at the return of some of the Naga remains:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqZ-pgcXpRY
©Geni ( talk) 01:39, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedians!
I thought that this was an incredibly important article. I agree with many on this Talk page that it could use some work. I have made numerous edits as listed below. Please let me know what could change and improve! Thank you.
For the "Ethical Considerations" portion, I thought that it should elaborate on the descendant-source community perspective. I added specific reasons why they do or do not support repatriation. In an effort to avoid to bias, I also wanted to include the anthropologist/scientist perspective on the matter. This whole section, I labeled as "Perspectives" rather than "Ethical Considerations."
This elaboration on the descendent perspective was also meant to improve the equity gaps. I also noticed that the initial article lacked Black and Indigenous examples of repatriating human remains. To further improve the equity gap, I included some well-known examples such as Sarah Baartman, El Negro, Ishi, and Canadian Residential Schools. Some of these well-known examples already have main articles of their own. For example, there is an in-depth Wikipedia article dedicated to Sarah Baartman. To account for these cases, I added a brief summary and linked the main page for more information.
I also attempted to improve the organization. Initially, all of the continents of the repatriation examples were individually listed as main headers. Instead, I grouped all of these under the larger "Case Studies" heading.
Involving photos, I removed the photo of Shiny, the Tasmanian man’s decapitated head. The Tasmanian man's head was likely unethically obtained. He has since been repatriated, but I feel it's unnecessary to show a picture of his head since he obviously did not give consent. After removing one photo, I added two. I included a picture of Ishi and an ephemera of Sarah Baartman. This ephemera displays the sentiments of the time and the objectification which led her body to be kept on display.
This article has much need for improvement. I couldn't fix everything on here. However, I hope that my work cleared things up a bit and at least filled in some equity gaps. Again, I look forward to any kind and helpful feedback for improvement. Thank you!