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display:

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  • insensitive to certain cultures, offensive and no warning (casts placed anywhere)
  • replaced with replicas, unknown to public however
  • out of context: past used to pose or just dumped together
  • should respect the dead, not display
  • used to attract visitors
  • HOW displayed: open or simple glass box with no climate control: damage
  • should they be given proper burial: no evidence
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study:

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  • does infomation collected outweigh the damage and evasiveness of bodies
  • testing needs to constantly move bodies, remove samples
  • WHO is allowed to study? now all must give proposal first