Pitt Rivers Museum Podcast
1) 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...Show More
2) 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 lo...Show More
3) 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 i...Show More
4) 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, am...Show More
5) 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 t...Show More
6) 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 i...Show More
7) 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...Show More
8) 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 ...Show More
9) 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 collection...Show More
10) 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 coll...Show More