Preserve.... Ah the Europeans are stealing culture again.
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fossilesque - 4mon
Occasions like this I am a bit more sympathetic to museums. They are preserving it and educating others while their home is vandalized and consumed with horrors. One day, I hope, they can be returned to be charished by their ancestors. Europeans could learn a thing or two from Indigenous American repatriation ceremonies, they are really beautiful and intimate.
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sj_zero - 4mon
Most people who care about such things probably are thankful to the Arab world for maintaining and curating The works of the ancient Greeks prior to the Renaissance. I know I'm thankful to the Arab world for doing that.
Unfortunately, a lot of people have a pretty narrow view of things like ownership and cultures, and the concept of knowledge as something collectively owned by the human race that happens to be in the hands of a certain group at one moment is difficult to conceive, especially for those who don't like whatever group happens to have it.
As long as it is accessible to the world, I don't really care whether the first person curating a certain piece of global history is from beijing, baghdad, or bath.
fossilesque in archaeology
‘Restoring humanity’: Paris exhibition showcases 5,000 years of history in Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/09/paris-exhibition-saved-treasures-of-gazaPreserve.... Ah the Europeans are stealing culture again.
Occasions like this I am a bit more sympathetic to museums. They are preserving it and educating others while their home is vandalized and consumed with horrors. One day, I hope, they can be returned to be charished by their ancestors. Europeans could learn a thing or two from Indigenous American repatriation ceremonies, they are really beautiful and intimate.
Most people who care about such things probably are thankful to the Arab world for maintaining and curating The works of the ancient Greeks prior to the Renaissance. I know I'm thankful to the Arab world for doing that.
Unfortunately, a lot of people have a pretty narrow view of things like ownership and cultures, and the concept of knowledge as something collectively owned by the human race that happens to be in the hands of a certain group at one moment is difficult to conceive, especially for those who don't like whatever group happens to have it.
As long as it is accessible to the world, I don't really care whether the first person curating a certain piece of global history is from beijing, baghdad, or bath.