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Episode 13: 'Making Sense of Death' – PART 1

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Talking Sense
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Dr Carrie Ryan (Postdoctoral Researcher, Anthropology) uses Angela Palmer’s Ashmolean Mummy Boy 3 to explore how ancient and contemporary cultures use the senses to make sense of death. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast.
For an image of Mummy Boy 3, visit the artist's website: https://www.angelaspalmer.com/eygptology?lightbox=dataItem-iwcbwop81. Originally delivered as the first half of a gallery talk in partnership with Alexis Gorby (DPhil Student, Archaeology). Listen to Episode 14 for the second half of the talk.

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Episode 12: 'Stripping Back to Sharpen the Senses: A Holy Face and a Waterfall Vase' – PART 2

Yayoi Teramoto Kimura (DPhil Student, Computational Neuroscience) focuses on a twentieth-century Japanese vase to demonstrate how artists can engage our senses through a pared down approach. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast.
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Episode 14: 'Making Sense of Death' – PART 2

In this episode, Alexis Gorby (DPhil Student, Archaeology) looks at glass from the Roman catacombs to explore how ancient and contemporary cultures use the senses to make sense of death. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast.
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Talking Sense
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Carrie Ryan
Christy Callaway-Gale
Jonny Lawrence
Keywords
senses
death
Ashmolean
torch
Department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Date Added: 12/07/2019
Duration: 00:18:28

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