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The Digital Opaque: Refusing the Biomedical Object

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This essay examines the extractive practices employed in biomedical research to reconsider how librarians, archivists, and knowledge professionals engage with the unethical materials found in their collections. We anchor this work in refusal, refusing to see human remains as research objects. This essay creates frameworks for scholars working with archival or historical materials obtained through violent, deceitful, or otherwise unethical means.

Source: DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Authors: Sean Purcell, Kalani Craig, Michelle Dalmau

Language: English

Topic: Digital and Traditional Archives Management

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7087206292

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