Alexis and Bessie are joined by Jaalen Edenshaw, a Haida artist, to discuss the relationship between the museum, the origins of its collections and communities today.
The Museum and Communities with Jaalen Edenshaw
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CONTENT WARNING: There are discussions of residential schools and the graves of children in this episode.
The link to the Pitt Rivers Museum’s Collections Development Policy can be found on the podcast series homepage.
An outline of the Pitt Rivers Museum’s work with the Haida people can be found here: https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/haida.
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