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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social

I’m obviously well used to seeing these sorts of issues, especially with the BM (with their history of refusing even to repatriate human remains) but so many sacred and stolen objects (eg the first depiction of a human Buddha) was striking enough that even my elderly in-laws commented.

aug 24, 2025, 4:04 pm • 6 0

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social

A lot of museum visitors are now primed to notice these issues and interpretation has to find a line between admitting, informing, telling people what they know, making others feel they're being hit over the head with messaging etc. The lack of discussion/action at the top is a problem, of course

aug 24, 2025, 4:10 pm • 1 0 • view
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social

Too many ‘strikings’, but I was very struck ;-)

aug 24, 2025, 4:06 pm • 7 0 • view