cultural heritage 
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SOURCE: The Grio
5/4/2022
Smithsonian Announces Plans to Return Looted, Unethically Sourced Artifacts
Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch III announced the museum's intention to be a world leading institution on repatriating artifacts and promoting reconciliation for colonialism through museums.
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10/10/2021
Tracing World War 2's Impact on Sicily's Cultural Heritage Sites and Museums
by Antonino Crisà
World War II profoundly affected museums and antiquities in Sicily; a new research project is examining this underappreciated destructive consequence of war.
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SOURCE: Contingent
5/1/2021
How Amalia Levi Does History
Amalia Levi's work as a freelance archivist with cultural organizations in several countries shows that much greater resources are needed to make a wealth of historical documentation accessible, and many talented workers could put those resources to work.
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SOURCE: New York Times
11/30/2020
When an Enemy’s Cultural Heritage Becomes One’s Own
As the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region enters a cease-fire, what are the prospects for protecting sites of cultural and historical significance from destruction as acts of reprisal? History suggests it's possible, though difficult.
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