Why museums are returning cultural treasures Chip Colwell

Archaeologist and curator Chip Colwell collects artifacts for his museum, but he also returns them to where they came from. In a thought-provoking talk, he shares how some museums are confronting their legacies of stealing spiritual objects and pillaging ancient graves -- and how they're bridging divides with communities who are demanding the return of their cultural treasures.

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Why museums are returning cultural treasures Chip Colwell is an episode from TEDTalks مجتمع وثقافة by TED.

This episode is 00:12:52 long.

This episode was published on Sep 20, 2018.

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