{"id":1043940,"date":"2010-07-15T08:16:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T08:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/tattoo-collection-department-of-forensic-medicine-at-jagiellonian-university-krakow-poland\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T17:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T21:09:34","slug":"tattoo-collection-department-of-forensic-medicine-at-jagiellonian-university-krakow-poland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/anatomy\/tattoo-collection-department-of-forensic-medicine-at-jagiellonian-university-krakow-poland-2.php","title":{"rendered":"Tattoo Collection, Department of Forensic Medicine at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I just stumbled upon a pretty incredible \"photo story\" documenting a collection of tattoos found in the Department of Forensic Medicine at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. The images above are all drawn from the photo essay; below is an excerpt from the very interesting article which accompanies the images:<\/p>

Preserving the Criminal Code
Photo Stories
Katarzyna Mirczak<\/p>

The tattoo collection at the Department of Forensic Medicine at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland consists of 60 objects preserved in formaldehyde, a method devised by one of the experts employed by the Department at the turn of 20th century.<\/p>

The tattoos were collected from the prisoners of the nearby state penitentiary on Montelupich Street as well as from the deceased on whom autopsies were performed.<\/p>

The majority of the prison tattoos represent connections between the convicts. Besides gestures and mimics it is a kind of secret code – revealing why 'informative' tattoos appeared on uncovered body parts: face, neck or arms.<\/p>

The collection was created with a view to deciphering the code – among prisoners known as a 'pattern language'. By looking closely at the prisoners' tattoos, their traits, temper, past, place of residence or the criminal group in which they were involved could be determined.<\/p>

In Poland, tattoos are common among criminals. Traditionally, they could be found on people who exhibited a tendency towards perverse behaviour: such as burglars, thieves, rapists and pimps. It was noticed that a significant percentage of tattooed people showed signs of personality disorders and aggressive behaviour. In the 1960s in Poland, getting a prison tattoo required special skills and criminal ambition – it was a kind of ennoblement, each tattoo in the criminal world was meaningful...<\/p><\/blockquote>

The entire photo story, with the full article and image collection (highly recommended!), can be found by clicking here<\/a>; text and images by Katarzyna Mirczak as published on the Foto8<\/a> website.<\/p>

PS: If you are interested in this topic, then you certainly won't want to miss our upcoming Observatory lecture \"Morbid Ink: Field Notes on the Human Memorial Tattoo\" with Dr. John Troyer, Deputy Director, Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath next Tuesday, July 20th. More on that event here<\/a>.<\/p>

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