Objects in Motion

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Objects in Motion brings together scholars, curators and artists from around the world to dialogue about material objects in transition - cultural, temporal and geographical. All material objects are produced within specific contexts – whether they are ancient Roman tombstones, century-old Inuit cl…

Cambridge University


    • Jan 4, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 16 EPISODES


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    Simon Schaffer - Soft Matter and Mobile Objects

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 45:14


    Simon Schaffer (University of Cambridge) Soft matter and mobile objects

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    Rachel Hand - Polity in Motion: 18th Century Musical Instruments and the Regalia of Tonga’s Sacred Chief

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 21:25


    Rachel Hand (Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) Co-authors Billie Lythberg, Wonu Veys, Hūfanga ‘Okusitino Māhina & Semisi Fetokai Potauaine Polity in motion: 18th century musical instruments and the regalia of Tonga’s sacred chief

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    Christina Williamson - Movement and Meaning in a Century-Old Inuit Parka

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 21:44


    Christina Williamson (Carleton University Ottawa) Movement and Meaning in a Century-Old Inuit Parka

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    Katharina Nordhofen - More Than a Frame: Strategies of Appropriation of Byzantine Ivories on Ottonian Book Covers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 21:57


    Katharina Nordhofen (University of Vienna) More than a frame: strategies of appropriation of Byzantine ivories on Ottonian book covers

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    Petra Tjitske Kalshoven - Animal Artefacts: Categorical Trespassing by the Curiously Lifelike

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 23:42


    Petra Tjitske Kalshoven (University of Manchester) Animal artefacts: categorical trespassing by the curiously lifelike

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    Willemijn van Noord - An Ancient Mirror in Motion: From China Through Siberia to the Netherlands and Back (c. 100 BCE - 1700 CE)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 27:22


    Willemijn van Noord (University of Amsterdam) An ancient mirror in motion: from China through Siberia to the Netherlands and back (c. 100 BCE - 1700 CE)

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    Elsje van Kessel - Temporary exhibitions as object movers in early modern Italy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 21:05


    Elsje van Kessel (University of St. Andrews) Temporary exhibitions as object movers in early modern Italy

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    John P. McCarthy presented by Chris Wingfield - Extraordinary Uses of Ordinary Things: Negotiating African Identity at the Cemeteries of the First African Baptist Church, Philadelphia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 16:42


    John P. McCarthy (Delaware State Parks) — presented by Chris Wingfield (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge) Extraordinary Uses of Ordinary Things: Negotiating African Identity at the Cemeteries of the First African Baptist Church, Philadelphia

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    Emma Martin - The Transition of Tibetan Book-covers into Colonial Worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 20:33


    Emma Martin (National Museums Liverpool / University of Manchester) The transition of Tibetan book-covers into colonial worlds

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    Nicholas Thomas - A Critique of the Natural Artefact: Rethinking Re-contextualisation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 63:00


    Nicholas Thomas (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge) A critique of the natural artefact: rethinking re-contextualisation

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    Nazneen Ahmed - Religious Objects in Motion: Two Ealing Case Studies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 25:13


    Nazneen Ahmed (University College London) Religious objects in motion: Two Ealing Case Studies

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    Paul Gooding and Stephen Bennett - “A Link to the Past”: Remastered Videogames and the Material Archive

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 19:05


    Paul Gooding and Stephen Bennett (University of East Anglia) “A Link to the Past”: Remastered Videogames and the Material Archive

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    Dora Vargha - Traveling Pathogens, Flying Vaccines: A Story of Failure in Global Polio Vaccination

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 22:56


    Dora Vargha (University of London) Traveling pathogens, flying vaccines: a story of failure in global polio vaccination

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    Claire Sabel - Cultures of Colorimetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 21:13


    Claire Sabel (University of Cambridge) Cultures of Colorimetry

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    Stephanie Bunn - The Pattern of the Past in the Present: Felt Textiles in Transition in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 22:16


    Stephanie Bunn (University of St. Andrews) The pattern of the past in the present: felt textiles in transition in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia

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    Amal Sachedina - More Coffee Anyone: The Coffeepot as an Object of Reform and Restoration in the Sultanate of Oman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 26:17


    Amal Sachedina (Brown University) More Coffee Anyone: The Coffeepot as an Object of Reform and Restoration in the Sultanate of Oman

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