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Episode 14: 'Making Sense of Death' – PART 2

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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.
Originally delivered as the first half of a gallery talk in partnership with Dr Carrie Ryan (Postdoctoral Researcher, Anthropology). Listen to Episode 13 for the first half of the talk.

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

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.
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Episode 15: 'The Rough and the Refined: Sensing the Luxurious and the Everyday' – PART 1

Clare Gardom (DPhil Student, Classics) explores the senses in grand and ordinary living, through examining textiles from Classical Egypt. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast.
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Talking Sense
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Alexis Gorby
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: 00:11:40

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