thebrainscoop: What should museums do with their dead? (w/ Caitlin Doughty!)

Teacher or professor: thebrainscoop
Subject: Science
Content of the Lesson: Many museums house significant numbers of human remains, many of which were acquired without the consent of the individual in question. So, our good friend Caitlin from Ask a Mortician stopped by the Field Museum to talk with us about it. This is a humongous and complicated topic - we'd love to know what you think! Caitlin's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/OrderoftheGoodDeath Website: http://caitlindoughty.com/ Read her books they're AWESOME: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7802044.Caitlin_Doughty Info on NAGPRA: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nagpra/index.htm Here's the paper from Science about the person from Spirit Cave and the genetic testing of that individual: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6419/eaav2621 Mummy unwrapping parties: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-party-people-unrolled-mummies-for-fun Origins of Exhibited Cadavers Questioned: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5637687 More on Grover Krantz, Sasquatch scientist and expert on human evolution: https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/A-student-of-Sasquatch-Prof-Grover-Krantz-dies-1080702.php ----------------------------------------­----------------------------- Come hang out in our Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop/ Instagram.com/egraslie Twitters: @ehmee Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebrainscoop We have a Newsletter! Sign up for updates!: http://bit.ly/2oYTY6p ----------------------------------------­----------------------------- Executive Producer, Creator, Host: Emily Graslie Producer, Director, Editor: Sheheryar Ahsan Production Assistant, Content Developer: Raven Forrest Interview with: Caitlin Doughty Production Support/Stuntman: Vinícius Penteado ---------------------------------------­----------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org


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