Pitt Rivers Museum

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Pitt Rivers Museum at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography in Oxford houses archaeological and ethnographic objects from all parts of the world.

Episodes

  1. 08/22/2011

    Body Arts: The Panará People

    Dr Elizabeth Ewart of the University's Institute of Anthropology and Jaanika Vider, a former student, discuss body adornment and identity in Amazonia,. in particular among the Panará people of Central Brazil whose concepts of personhood and socially 'human' bodies differ from Western ideas.

    19 min

  2. 08/22/2011

    Body Arts: Feathers, Beads and Paint

    Professor Peter Rivière and Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Dr Mike O'Hanlon, discuss decorative applications of feathers, beads and paint to the body,. drawing on their respective fieldwork in lowland Amazonia in South America and the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

    15 min

  3. 08/22/2011

    Body Arts: Scent, Pain and Exchange

    Professor Jeremy MacClancy of Oxford Brookes University talks to Helen Hales of the Pitt Rivers Museum about themes including scent and perfume,. expressions of womanhood among a minority hill tribe in Pakistan, and the role of pain, degradation and empowerment in marking the body.

    14 min

  4. 08/22/2011

    Body Arts: The Naga People

    Dr Vibha Joshi, a specialist in the Naga culture of northeast India, and Julia Nicholson from the Pitt Rivers Museum look at the unique traditions of hair and body ornaments,. as well as tattooing, among different Naga groups, and discuss the effects of colonisation and Christianity upon their culture.

    19 min

  5. 08/22/2011

    Body Arts: The Experience of Decoration

    Professor Howard Morphy of the Australian National University talks to Helen Hales of the Pitt Rivers Museum about the body as a canvas and the internal experience of external decoration, notably in the context of Aboriginal Australia.

    23 min

  6. 08/22/2011

    Body Arts: The Flexible Body

    The Museum's Director, Dr Mike O'Hanlon, and Professor Stanley Ulijaszek from the University's Institute of Anthropology discuss how the body can be shaped both physically and metaphorically and the idea of bodily norms.

    19 min

  7. 06/24/2011

    Shrunken Heads at the Pitt Rivers Museum

    The display of shrunken heads at the Pitt Rivers Museum fascinates many visitors. In this podcast, Dr Laura Peers, curator, explains where they come from, why they were made, and the curatorial issues involved in displaying them. http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk.

    24 min

  8. 06/21/2011

    Introduction (4) to the Pitt Rivers Museum

    Writing cabinet and boats. Fourth in a series of 4 podcasts made in 2010 in which Andrew McLellan (Education) and Kate White (Access) discuss the Museum, its displays and their meaning today. Further collections history, research, databases and virtual tour can be found via www.prm.ox.ac.uk

    10 min

  9. 06/21/2011

    Introduction (3) to the Pitt Rivers Museum

    Lights and folk. Third in a series of 4 podcasts made in 2010 in which Andrew McLellan (Education) and Kate White (Access) discuss the Museum, its displays and their meaning today. Further collections history, research, databases and virtual tour can be found via www.prm.ox.ac.uk

    19 min

  10. 06/21/2011

    Introduction (2) to the Pitt Rivers Museum

    A sense of discovery. Second in a series of 4 podcasts made in 2010 in which Andrew McLellan (Education) and Kate White (Access) discuss the Museum, its displays and their meaning today. Further collections history, research, databases and virtual tour can be found via www.prm.ox.ac.uk

    9 min

  11. 06/21/2011

    Introduction (1) to the Pitt Rivers Museum

    A guide to the unique displays of this intimate museum. First in a series of 4 podcasts made in 2010 in which Andrew McLellan (Education) and Kate White (Access) discuss the Museum, its displays and their meaning today. Further collections history, research, databases and virtual tour can be found via www.prm.ox.ac.uk.

    9 min
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Pitt Rivers Museum at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography in Oxford houses archaeological and ethnographic objects from all parts of the world.

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    Oxford University
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    11
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    Pitt Rivers Museum

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