Ethical issues in research and publication of illicit cultural property

Argyropoulos, V.; Polikreti, Kyriaki; Šimon, Štefan; Charalambous, D.

doi:10.1016/j.culher.2010.09.007

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“…15 See e.g. Argyropoulos et al 2011;Brodie 2009Brodie , 2011Brodie , 2016Brodie , 2017Gerstenblith 2014;Prescott & Rasmussen 2020. collections all over the world. 16 Before his death, Latchford was charged with trafficking Cambodian antiquities and depositing the profits in hidden offshore accounts.…”

Section: Trusted Criminals: Academics As Facilitators Of Illicit Tra...mentioning

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A Case Study of Academic Facilitation of the Global Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects: Mary Slusser in Nepal

Smith

Thompson

2023

Int J Cult Prop

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In this article, we consider the role that academics play in the global illicit trade in cultural objects. Academics connect sources to buyers and influence market values by publishing looted and stolen cultural objects (passive facilitation) and by collaborating with market players, including by collecting artifacts themselves (active facilitation). Their actions shape market desire, changing what is targeted for looting, theft, and illicit trading across borders. However, this crucial facilitative role often goes unnoticed or unaddressed in scholarship on collecting, white collar crime, and the illicit market in cultural objects. This article explores the importance of academic facilitation through a case study of the career of Mary Slusser, a renowned American scholar of Nepali art and art history.

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A Case Study of Academic Facilitation of the Global Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects: Mary Slusser in Nepal

Smith

Thompson

2023

Int J Cult Prop

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“…Within the antiquities trade research community, significant concern is being raised over the extent to which scientific laboratories (from C 14 dating to DNA analysis) might contribute to the trade by 'authenticating', analysing or conserving an item brought to them by a dealer (Argyropoulos et al 2011;Brodie 2011;Caldararo 2000). In fact, an international conference was recently held at ETH Zurich from the 16 th -17 th November 2017, entitled "Radiocarbon dating and protection of cultural heritage -C14 Meeting".…”

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Serious Enquiries Only, Please: Ethical Issues Raised by the Online Human Remains Trade

Huffer

Charlton

2019

Ethical Approaches to Human Remains

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There is a thriving private commercial trade in anatomical, ethnographic and archaeological human remains that make ready use of new social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Etsy, and until recently, eBay. This practice has deep Colonial-era roots, though the ongoing proliferation of e-commerce and social media has only expanded the reach and influence of collectors and dealers and their sense of community cohesion. In this chapter, we discuss a variety of ethical issues underlying this trade that speak to what the community values, how they operate, interrelate and interact with the scientific community. We ultimately seek to argue that participants in the trade engage with or ignore these complicating factors at their own risk, despite the ownership of human remains being legal in many jurisdictions once one's purchase has arrived.

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“… 1 More and more, in the light of the post-colonial discourse, museum visitors and the wider public take a growing interest in these questions as well. 2 The interaction between object and environment is reflected in the composition of the associated microbial communities. Although different in specific aspects, the main challenges for cultural and natural heritage are the same.…”

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Microbial fingerprints reveal interaction between museum objects, curators, and visitors

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Flocco,

Burkart

et al. 2023

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Ethical issues in research and publication of illicit cultural property

Cited by 8 publications

References 23 publications

A Case Study of Academic Facilitation of the Global Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects: Mary Slusser in Nepal

A Case Study of Academic Facilitation of the Global Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects: Mary Slusser in Nepal

Serious Enquiries Only, Please: Ethical Issues Raised by the Online Human Remains Trade

Microbial fingerprints reveal interaction between museum objects, curators, and visitors

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