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What practical steps should museums take when display loans include living sacred regalia?

When a museum agrees to display living sacred regalia on loan, it is taking on a responsibility that extends far beyond transport logistics and label copy. These objects are not inert artifacts; they are embedded in ongoing practices, relationships and obligations. In my work with collections and...

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What practical steps should museums take when display loans include living sacred regalia?

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What governance model lets a Lagos textile cooperative export ase threads while protecting ritual authorship? Heritage

What governance model lets a Lagos textile cooperative export ase threads while protecting ritual authorship?

I remember the first time I held an ase thread in my hand — a slender,...

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How can community-led provenance audits stop looted objects reaching major auction houses? Heritage

How can community-led provenance audits stop looted objects reaching major auction houses?

I’ve watched, too many times, an object with a fraught past slip through the...

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Can a diaspora-run sound archive restitute stolen songs without erasing performers’ rights? Heritage

Can a diaspora-run sound archive restitute stolen songs without erasing performers’ rights?

I remember the first time I sat in a cramped apartment in London listening to...

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How should curators draft consent agreements before exhibiting wearable sacred regalia borrowed from living ritual specialists? Heritage

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