This snapshot presents an overview of Indigenous peoples' experiences of law and justice as reported in the 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) as well as data from other relevant ABS collections. Unless otherwise specified, data relate to Indigenous people aged 15 years and over.
Preliminary reading
Arjun Appadurai (Ed). 1986. The social life of things: commodities in cultural perspective. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. Esp. chapters 1 and 2.
Alfred Gell. 1998. Art and Agency. Clarendon Press. Oxford.
Alfred Gell. 1999. The art of anthropology: essays and diagrams. Athlone. London. Esp. chapters 5 and 6.
Bruno Latour. 1993. We have never been modern. Harvard University Press. Cambridge. Mass.
Christopher Pinney and Nicholas Thomas (Ed). 2001. Beyond aesthetics: art and the technologies of enchantment. Berg. Oxford.
Manchester museum site dealing with museum policy on human remains and repatriation. Promise of full listing of human remains in collection soon. (7/10/07)
C. Fforde. Duckworth, London, (2004)The controversial "reburial issue" first developed almost 25 years ago. At this time, some indigenous groups started to campaign for the return of their ancestral human remains from museums and collecting institutions, and these requests were refused. Since then, museums in some countries have responded positively to repatriation requests whilethose in others continue to refuse them. This incisive book provides the reader with what has been generally missing in the current debate and available literature -- a detailed historical understanding of how and why these collections were amassed, and the responses of indigenous groups and collectors at the time. The book focuses particularly on Australia as a background to its documentation and examination of the issue.The reburial question has had wide repercussions for all involved. Today, the topic is of continuing relevance for archaeologists, anthropologists, museum professionals, and for many indigenous groups worldwide. The issue highlights two very different approaches to items, which hold exceptional importance in many cultures -- human remains. It is also about the relationship between science and the peoples whose past isthe subject of academic enquiry, and how the sometimes hegemonic nature of this relationship has, through the issue documented here, relentlessly bubbled to the surface. What may appear at first a simple clash of interests is thus revealed to have many deeper aspects..
P. Turnbull, C. Fforde, и J. Hubert (Ред.) One world archaeology ; 43 Routledge,, London ; New York :, (2002.)Repatriation of human remains has become a key international heritage concern. This extensive collection of papers provides a survey of the current state of repatriation in terms of policy, practice and theory..