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Making the Pitt Rivers Museum

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Get ready for a new behind-the-scenes podcast from the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford!
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

The Pitt River's Catamaran

History DPhil student, Morgan Breene, contextualizes the catamaran displayed in the Pitt Rivers' Museum. Part of the Oxford and Empire series.
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Lost and Found: The story of a Museum store

Andrew Hughes gives a short talk on the discovery unusual things lost and found during a move of 100,000 Pitt Rivers Museum objects.
Behind the Scenes at the Oxford University Museums

VERVE: Connecting the public with displays at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Beth McDougall and Madeleine Ding, VERVE Team, Pitt Rivers Museum give a short talk for the Oxford University Museums Staff Conference.
Behind the Scenes at the Oxford University Museums

Transportation Transformation

Andrew Hughes, Move Project Team Leader, Pitt Rivers Museum, gives a short talk for the Oxford University Museums Staff Conference.
Pitt Rivers Museum

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,.
Pitt Rivers Museum

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,.
Pitt Rivers Museum

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,.
Pitt Rivers Museum

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.
Pitt Rivers Museum

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.
Pitt Rivers Museum

Body Arts: Travelling Ink

Through conversations with leading tattooists from around the world, this film explores the artistry, philosophy, meaning and history of tattooing at the site of the 2010 London Tattoo Convention.
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Body Arts: Kakau and Batok Talk: Tattoos from Hawaii and the Philippines

At the conclusion of her fieldwork in the mountains of northern Luzon in the Philippines, anthropologist Analyn Salvador-Amore filmed an encounter with Hawaiian tattoo practitioner Keone Nunes and a Butbut tattoo practitioner Whang-ud.
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Body Arts: Bodies Beautiful

Four women from Oxford take a course in film-making with local film-maker Sharon Woodward from Oxford Film and Video Makers. They explore the changing cultural meaning of body decoration in British society.
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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.
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Introduction (4) to the Pitt Rivers Museum

Writing cabinet and boats.
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Introduction (3) to the Pitt Rivers Museum

Lights and folk.
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Introduction (2) to the Pitt Rivers Museum

A sense of discovery.
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Introduction (1) to the Pitt Rivers Museum

A guide to the unique displays of this intimate museum.

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