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National Relics: Secular Sacrality, Museums, and Heritage‐Making in Nineteenth‐Century Chile

open access: yesMuseum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how objects and bodily remains are transformed and ritualized into national relics through collecting and exhibiting practices in museums. Focusing on nineteenth‐century Chile, it draws on archival sources, material culture theory, and the anthropology of religion to argue that objects associated with Chile's nation‐state
Hugo Rueda Ramírez
wiley   +1 more source

Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun: Nuxalk Governance, Language, and the Museum Public

open access: yesMuseum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.
ABSTRACT This review suggests that Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun reframes the ethnographic gallery as a site of protocol rather than as a trophy case. Co‐curated by Snxakila—Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk Nation) and Jennifer Kramer (UBC MOA), the exhibition centers law, lineage, and language to present belongings and supernatural beings ...
Cheyanne Brown Armstrong, Mark Turin
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Microbes and cultural heritage: from biodiversity to applications. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Microbiol
Albarracín VH   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Issues in the Management of Archaeological Heritage in Sāmoa

open access: yes, 2015
Sāmoa was the first nation in the Pacific to gain independence yet it does not have in place legislation to protect its archaeological and historic heritage. This paper examines issues of custom, history, law and land tenure in Sāmoa that may have impeded the formulation of policies.
Martinsson-Wallin, Helene   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Ecological legacies of pre-Columbian settlements evident in palm clusters of neotropical mountain forests. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep
Fajardo S   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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