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Contamination Beyond Pesticides in Museum Collections: NAGPRA Compliance, Collaboration, and Culturally Informed Care 博物馆藏品中除农药外的污染：NAGPRA合规、合作和文化知情关怀

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Museum Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-05 DOI: 10.1111/muan.70049

Kate A. Compton-Gore, Kathleen S. Fine-Dare, Chance Ward, Natalie A. Patton

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Teaching Through Making: |xam and !xun Material Culture of the Bleek and Lloyd Collection 通过制作教学：b|考试和！布里克和劳埃德收藏的物质文化

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Museum Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-09-30 DOI: 10.1111/muan.70045

Vibeke M. Viestad, Justine Wintjes

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Narrating the “Indian Origin”: Musealization and Racialization of the Romani Identity 叙述“印度起源”：罗姆人身份的博物馆化与种族化

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Museum Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-08-30 DOI: 10.1111/muan.70046

Avishek Ray

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Spinning the Past Forward: Recording, Archiving, and (Re-)listening to Siberian Phonograph Cylinders From the Jesup North Pacific Expedition 旋转过去向前：记录，存档，和（重新）听西伯利亚留声机圆筒从杰西普北太平洋探险

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Museum Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-07-06 DOI: 10.1111/muan.70044

Dmitry Arzyutov, Veronika Trotter, Vera Solovyeva

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Reframing Museology in India: Ethnographic Museums and Plural Histories 重塑印度博物馆学：民族志博物馆与多元历史

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Museum Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-30 DOI: 10.1111/muan.70043

Neekee Chaturvedi

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De-Specializing Hong Kong: Identity Politics and the New Museum of History 去专门化的香港：身份政治与新历史博物馆

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Museum Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-19 DOI: 10.1111/muan.70042

S. X. Yu

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Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun: Nuxalk Governance, Language, and the Museum Public 在太阳的睫毛下跳舞：纳克萨克人的治理、语言和博物馆公众

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Museum Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-05-14 DOI: 10.1111/muan.70041

Cheyanne Brown Armstrong, Mark Turin

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Museum Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-05-14

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Museum Temporalities: Time, History and the Future of the (Ethnographic) MuseumBy Wayne Modest and Peter Pels (eds.), London: Routledge, 2025. 294 pp. ISBN: 978-1-35-010314-6. $200.00 USD (hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-00-308616-1. $52.69 USD (ebook) 《博物馆的时间性：（人种学）博物馆的时间、历史和未来》，作者：韦恩·莫斯特和彼得·佩尔斯（编），伦敦：劳特利奇出版社，2025年。294页。ISBN: 978-1-35-010314-6。$200.00 USD（精装），ISBN: 978-1-00-308616-1。52.69美元（电子书）

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Museum Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-05-04 DOI: 10.1111/muan.70040

Macarena Pérez Selman

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Museum Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-05-04

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