Can museum specimen collection be more ethical? 'Compassionate collection' proposes non-lethal samples and digital data. Critics argue physical specimens are irreplaceable. MuseumEthics Conservation
Byrne writes in the paper, and taking an animal from its natural habitat and killing it reinforces the idea that humans should have power over other living creatures.
Museums should also implement more digitization in their collections — more pictures and recordings, which get more accurate thanks to better tech and well-planned centralized data sharing. Additionally, museums could embrace new technologies that can unlock much more knowledge from existing collections, like new advancements in ancient DNA sequencing and whole-genome sequencing.
"The main goal was to spark these kinds of conversations because I don't think [...] the pro-collecting/con-collecting debate is that interesting," says Byrne. "But I think we're envisioning creative solutions to minimize animal harm."Prosanta Chakrabarty "What we do is 'sacrificing the few to save the many' because you can't save something you don't understand," says Chakrabarty. While technology can allow for studying them more in-depth, it cannot replace them.
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