Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Weiss’s paper argues that repatriation laws prevent further research and new scientific knowledge, particularly in anthropology. For Weiss and others, these laws are unscientific. In this commentary, I offer a brief defence of repatriation laws. I argue that these laws prevent further significant historical harms and trauma that can result from research on Native American remains and that researchers ought to embrace such laws. Furthermore, I suggest we have reason to be sceptical about Weiss’s argument.
Source: Journal of Controversial Ideas
DOI: 10.63466/jci05030023
Author: Harrison Munday
Institution: University of New England
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: University of New England
OpenAlex ID: W4416698016