Collecting Networks
Ancestral remains and human remains are kept in Austrian and German museums and university collections. Dating back to the eighteenth century, they bear witness to the development of physical anthropology, race-making in Europe, and interdisciplinary scientific alliances in global colonial history....
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| Gepubliceerd in: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/artefact, |
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| Formaat: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Taal: | Anglais |
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Artefact
2023
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| Online toegang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Samenvatting: | Ancestral remains and human remains are kept in Austrian and German museums and university collections. Dating back to the eighteenth century, they bear witness to the development of physical anthropology, race-making in Europe, and interdisciplinary scientific alliances in global colonial history. Although discussions on German colonialism have been present in public debates for several years now, with a significantly growing body of academic research, Austria’s colonial history still needs further investigation. This article departs from a micro-historic to a global-systemic approach in order to analyze how the osteological collection at the Natural History Museum of Vienna came to be. It showcases that the museum relied on a strong scientific network and imperial and colonial matrix, forming an instrumental system of reciprocity. |
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