Arts & Culture
Editorial: Philanthropy is the problem
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott critiques the way philanthropy structures our ideas about the pagan past to match the priorities of museum mega-donors.
The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/category/perspectives/opinion/page/2)
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott critiques the way philanthropy structures our ideas about the pagan past to match the priorities of museum mega-donors.
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