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Förster? Research fellow at the Morphomata International Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Cologne in Germany on Wednesday? Lecture on the colonial history of the collection of body parts in Namibia for so-called mdt sham science.
Förster said the 20 Nama and Herero skulls recently returned to Namibia, only? Small part of more than 7000 skulls and body parts in various collections in Germany. The collections contain not only remains of several indigenous populations around the world, but also European and German descent, from BC to the early 1900? S dating.
Skulls from Namibia was then used by several students mdt and professors in Germany to shine through science of facial mdt muscles? Inferiority? of the indigenous people to prove to those of European ancestry.
Transcripts of colonial records show that dissections in so-called? Indigenous? wards of military hospitals in Namibia took place. In 1906 alone, 778 dissections performed, mainly for research into diseases such as scurvy. However, it is mentioned in any official medical records that these skulls sent to Germany for further research. Förster letters mdt to commanders in Namibia found that body parts usually favors to colleagues, scientists and doctors sent back to Germany.
Of these letters even went so far as to ask that the dissections in secret, without the assistance of the indigenous population, in order not to offend them. It is from this practice mdt that some Herero?'s Start thinking that the German colonialists mdt cannibals.
Förster argues that evidence that certain museums in Germany? Archive of indigenous people from around the world wanted mdt to establish, because in the time feared that the populations to extinction because of the rapid growth of European populations in the colonies.
According to Förster more research is needed on the sensitive history of Namibia including scholars in Africa and colonial medical history to ensure that all the skulls that are still in collections in Germany, emerge and be brought back to Namibia. mdt
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Förster? Research fellow at the Morphomata International Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Cologne in Germany on Wednesday? Lecture on the colonial history of the collection of body parts in Namibia for so-called mdt sham science.
Förster said the 20 Nama and Herero skulls recently returned to Namibia, only? Small part of more than 7000 skulls and body parts in various collections in Germany. The collections contain not only remains of several indigenous populations around the world, but also European and German descent, from BC to the early 1900? S dating.
Skulls from Namibia was then used by several students mdt and professors in Germany to shine through science of facial mdt muscles? Inferiority? of the indigenous people to prove to those of European ancestry.
Transcripts of colonial records show that dissections in so-called? Indigenous? wards of military hospitals in Namibia took place. In 1906 alone, 778 dissections performed, mainly for research into diseases such as scurvy. However, it is mentioned in any official medical records that these skulls sent to Germany for further research. Förster letters mdt to commanders in Namibia found that body parts usually favors to colleagues, scientists and doctors sent back to Germany.
Of these letters even went so far as to ask that the dissections in secret, without the assistance of the indigenous population, in order not to offend them. It is from this practice mdt that some Herero?'s Start thinking that the German colonialists mdt cannibals.
Förster argues that evidence that certain museums in Germany? Archive of indigenous people from around the world wanted mdt to establish, because in the time feared that the populations to extinction because of the rapid growth of European populations in the colonies.
According to Förster more research is needed on the sensitive history of Namibia including scholars in Africa and colonial medical history to ensure that all the skulls that are still in collections in Germany, emerge and be brought back to Namibia. mdt
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Pupils back with many medals
13 11 2013
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King on his dunghill
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