Women's Studies 2250E Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Rebecca Skloot, Hela, Feminist Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2250E
• Professor: n/a

Document Summary

Bodies in museums: moral standing & displaying of the dead. Sophia calugay: 130+ museums in britain hold quantities of human remains, natural history museum = 20,000 remains, the purpose: reveal how londoners have changed in appearance. In 1998, museum of london had, london bodies, showcasing 18,000+ In 2007 the manchester museum hosted lindow man: a bog body mystery, for the third time. How do we respect the dead: some communities from which remains originated want repatriation and reburial, archaeologists argue the importance of analysing human remains. Four world views: dualism - french philosopher rene descartes. Human beings have two separate substances, mind and body: materialism - only body or matter exists, idealism - only mind or spirit exists, everything else being an illusion. Ignored by western philosophy and science: animism - mind and matter go together and everything is part of nature. Showcasing human remains is made with dualistic and materialistic influence.