Podcast on colonizers, aborigines, anatomists, phrenologists

History Compass Podcasts has an interesting interview with the Paul Turnbull, author of the survey article British Anatomists, Phrenologists, and the Construction of the Aboriginal Race, c.1790-1830. He discusses how Australian colonizers frequently sent severed heads and body parts of Aborigines killed back to Britain for study. The author began this study when he learned how vast the collection of Aboriginal body parts had been.

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Classics // Islamic Studies // Jewish Studies // Philosophy // Religion
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