Dinosaurs and Decolonizing Paleontology w/ Aline Ghilardi, Juan Cisneros, & Tito Aureliano

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have a fascinating discussion alongside three wonderful paleontologists based in Brazil about efforts to decolonize paleontology and restitute stolen fossils. These three have written some great articles on this topic, such as The moral and legal imperative to return illegally exported fossils, Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity, and Digging deeper into colonial palaeontological practices in modern day Mexico and Brazil. This is a crucial conversation, and one which we feel doesn't get nearly enough attention even within political circles like the one we operate in. #IrritatorBelongstoBr

Aline Ghilardi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology at UFRN. You can find the work that her (and Tito's) paleontology lab does at the website en.dinolab.com.br. Aline can be followed on twitter @alinemghilardi Juan Cisneros is a paleontologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology at UFPI twitter @PaleoCisneros. Tito Aureliano is an Associate Researcher at DINOlab in the Department of Geology at UFRN. His work can be viewed at the same website linked in Aline's bio above. In addition, Tito and Aline co-run a multimedia science communication project titled Colecionadores De Ossos (Bone Collectors), which includes a YouTube channel, books, comics, and even a video game! Tito can be followed on twitter @tito_aureliano Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory