Debate intensifies around artifacts in UK museums; History of the index

Here & Now Anytime - Ein Podcast von WBUR

"Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age" explores the development of those things in the back of the book that many of us turn to for reference. Author Dennis Duncan joins us. And, more and more British museums are considering returning artifacts taken during the colonial era. Neil Curtis is head of Special Collections and Museums at the University of Aberdeen — which repatriated an artifact to Nigeria last year. He joins us.

Visit the podcast's native language site