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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790462403321

Autore

Cove John J

Titolo

What the bones say : Tasmanian Aborigines, science, and domination / / John J. Cove

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa : , : Carleton University Press, , 1995

ISBN

1-283-53034-1

9786613842794

0-7735-8145-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 pages) : maps

Disciplina

174/.9309

Soggetti

Anthropological ethics

Anthropology - Political aspects

Indigenous peoples - Research - Australia - Tasmania

Social sciences - Research - Moral and ethical aspects

Social sciences - Research - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

I. Anthropology and the Politics of Contemporary Research -- II. The Early Colonial Period (1803-76) -- III. The Science and Politics of Race (1876-1950) -- IV. Old Science and New Realities (1951-90) -- V. Bones and Other Objects of Contention (1951-92) -- VI. Ethics in the Human Sciences.

Sommario/riassunto

What the Bones Say is a thoroughly engaging history of one line of human science research and its consequences for the hapless and often helpless subject of study: the Indigenous peoples of Tasmania. Research questions arising from skeletal remains were posed and pursued on the assumption that vanished forebears bore no relation to, nor had any intrinsic meaning for, aboriginal Tasmanians of today. The author finds these premises incorrect, exposing both the biases of research done for political ends, and documenting their galvanizing effect on indigenous status and land claims, ownership of skeletal remains, the political mobilization of Aboriginal interests, and native advocacy.