Publication: Skulls and stories: creating the value of bones in Johann Friedrich Blumenbach’s collection
Skulls and stories: creating the value of bones in Johann Friedrich Blumenbach’s collection
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Schober, S.-M. (2022). Skulls and stories: creating the value of bones in Johann Friedrich Blumenbach’s collection. German History, 40(1), 22–37. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghab087
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This article focuses on the famous skull collection of the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840) to demonstrate that human remains in early modern scientific collections possessed an important but often underestimated economic value in addition to their well-known scientific and social worth. Blumenbach’s skulls are thus presented as a part of a vigorous early modern ‘necro-economy’ and as a product of its networks. The article highlights three strategies of enrichment which were used to create the value of these b
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Schober, S.-M. (2022). Skulls and stories: creating the value of bones in Johann Friedrich Blumenbach’s collection. German History, 40(1), 22–37. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghab087