Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck by Natali Pearson (Review)

Heritage, Ethics, and the Power of Narratives are explored in this Deep Dive into one of the most famous shipwrecks in Southeast Asia

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My relationship with the Belitung Shipwreck is one of ambivalence. I was introduced to it in 2006 during the nascent days of running Southeast Asian Archaeology, and I've since experienced its multifaceted narrative—from reading and hearing about it in lecturers, boarding th…