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Keynote: Time traveling with Gregor Samsa, or what you can do with six legs

Professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Eben Kirksey use Gregor's transformation in 'Metamorphosis' to muse on the everyday changes we all experience and their relations to disability, design justice and ableism.
Futuremakers

Workplace wellbeing

Professor Lennox sits down with Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve to look at what contributes to our wellbeing at work, and the evidence linking happiness and productivity.
Sleep and the Rhythms of Life
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Sleep, Light, Architecture

How can a neuroscientist and an architect help us to understand the world of sleep and the rhythms that govern our lives?
Disobedient Buildings
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Are local authorities meeting the needs of diverse communities?

Anna Ulrikke Andersen interviews researcher Tom Davies about socially driven building design in post-Second World War Oslo and the challenges inhabitants of those buildings face today.
Disobedient Buildings
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Can participatory design reach ‘forgotten people’ in Oslo?

Anna Ulrikke Andersen interviews the founders of MakersHub Oslo to discuss the value of participatory design in architectural practice.
Disobedient Buildings
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What is a Disobedient Building?

The Disobedient Buildings team unpacks 'disobedience' and what the term means in the homes of their research participants in London, Bucharest and Oslo.
Asian Studies Centre
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‘Sarudar khamb ani mahirapi’ among other things – Acculturation in the Architecture of eighteenth century Maharashtra

Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Chetan Sahasrabuddhe, BN College of Architecture, Pune
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Book at Lunchtime: Charles Dickens and the Properties of Fiction - The Lodger World

TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on Charles Dickens and the Properties of Fiction: The Lodger World by Dr Ushashi Dasgupta.
'Must it be a Man?' Women's contribution to the University of Oxford
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The architecture of women’s higher education in England, 1869–1914

How University architecture reflects the presence of women and their perceived needs, and the generosity of female benefactors
Temple of Science
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Episode 5 – Babylon: Natural Theology versus Scientific Naturalism

When Museum opened in 1860, a new secular approach to science was on the rise. In the final episode of Temple of Science we see how ‘natural theology’ responded to the challenges of Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection.
Temple of Science
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Episode 4 – Chambers of the Ministering Priests: Building Scientific Disciplines

The Museum was founded on the principle that art should be used to teach science and to inspire generations of scientists. In episode 4 of Temple of Science we see how this was put into practice in some of the building’s less familiar spaces.
Temple of Science
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Episode 3 – The Sanctuary of the Temple of Science: The Central Court

The central court of the Museum was described by one founder as ‘the sanctuary of the Temple of Science’. In this episode we see how every detail of this unique space was carefully planned and crafted to form a comprehensive model of natural science.
Temple of Science
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Episode 2 – 'God’s Own Museum': The Façade

In episode 2 of Temple of Science, we take a closer look at the decoration on the outside of the Museum building, which captures the vitality of nature, presented in Victorian Oxford as the study of God’s creation.
Temple of Science

Episode 1 – Oxford's Pre-Raphaelite Natural History Museum

In the first episode of Temple of Science we find out how the Museum came to be, involving not only scientists but artists, architects and designers in one of the most original creative collaborations of the Victorian age.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

TORCH (en)coding Heritage Network Digital Launch - Exploring Ancient Rome through Immersive Technologies

This digital event explores how 3D-modelling technologies and virtual reality can open new understandings of the past.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
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Plans and elevation: the development of architectural drawings

Dr Karl Kinsella introduces a 12th-century manuscript which explores the mystical visions of the prophet Ezekiel and contains some of the earliest architectural drawings in existence.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Thinking 3D: Byrne-Bussey Marconi Lecture

Thinking 3D is an interdisciplinary exploration of the concept of three-dimensionality and its impact on the arts and sciences, co-investigated by Dr Laura Moretti and Daryl Green.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Kellogg Urban Knowledge Exchange: Rapid Urbanisation

A multidisciplinary seminar, as part of the Kellogg Urban Knowledge Exchange series
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Kellogg Urban Knowledge Exchange: Urban Heritage

A multidisciplinary seminar, as part of the Kellogg Urban Knowledge Exchange series.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Kellogg Urban Knowledge Exchange: Urban Public Art

The first multidisciplinary seminar in the Kellogg Urban Knowledge Exchange series.

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