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EPISODE · Apr 29, 2025 · 33 MIN

Trafficking through the Metaverse: The Antiquities Trade in the Internet Age with Katie Paul

from Peopling the Past · host Chelsea Gardner and Melissa Funke

For the first episode of our season on cultural heritage and legacies of colonialism, we look at the role of messaging apps and social media in the black market antiquities trade. Katie Paul joins Chelsea and Melissa to discuss the 'digital underworld' that supports looting and trafficking and her work with ATHAR (Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research). Listen in as Katie tells us how digital networking has transformed the way cultural properties move around the world.

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