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I don't know much about the Sudanese situation, but isn't one of the reasons the boycott of Israeli academics is justified, the fact that Israel is supposed to be a democracy and therefore its government and its actions, ultimately the responsibility of the electorate?  In Sudan, there's no illusion of democracy and so no similar freedom to act (and so responsibility to do so) on the part of its academics.

On 15/06/07, Chuck Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Whether or not there are "too few sudanese academics to bother boycotting" or not may be open to
question, but there is certainly archaeological work by foreign missions being undertaken in the
Sudan:

http://www.nubiansociety.org/MDASP_map.htm



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Sam Hardy

DPhil candidate

University of Sussex

Placing cultural rights: resolving conflicts over cultural heritage - querying cultures' rights and archaeologists' responsibilities

http://human-rights-archaeology.blogspot.com