http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:41:26 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/barker/ipod/barker06-Barker.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/barker/ipod/barker06-Barker.m4v Gone are the days of Indiana Jones or Lara Croft, who could raid tombs without consideration of ethics. Part of Barker’s work concerns museum and cultural property ethics. Both as an archaeologist and as a museum professional, he is concerned about who should own and control cultural treasures. From an archaeological standpoint, cultural property largely concerns the prevention of looting and curbing illicit trafficking in antiquities. The rate of site destruction is huge, and archaeologists worldwide are working to protect the integrity of remaining sites. 3 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:02:37 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/barker/ipod/barker12-Barker.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/barker/ipod/barker12-Barker.m4v As a museum director and archaeologist, one of Barker’s most pressing research agendas concerns ethics and the question of who owns the past. Although many objects in the museum’s collection predate modern acquisition guidelines, this remains a real concern for museum staff. Finding himself torn between competing and often contradictory claims to the past’s remnants, Barker struggles with how to ethically handle the acquisition of antiquities in a way that seeks to protect the archaeological record and the sovereignty of the countries from which the objects originate, but also to benefit the public today. 3 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:03:12 GMT