Putting magic in place: a knowledge exchange event

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This podcast will feature selected materials presented in part at a one-day symposium bringing together academics from different disciplines (archaeology, history, folklore) with English Heritage staff and representatives from the National Trust and other

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    • Aug 5, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Final Roundtable: Into the Hills

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 26:33


    Diane Purkiss, University of Oxford, chairs the final roundtable discussion of the conference.

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    Is there such a thing as an authentic myth? Folklore in heritage interpretation at prehistoric places

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 26:28


    Susan Greaney (English Heritage), gives the second presentation in the sixth panel of the conference, Show and Tell: What is Real? Chaired by Oliver Cox.

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    Tangible and intangible heritage: exploring magic, folklore, and the supernatural in the places, spaces and collections of the National Trust

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 23:11


    Sally Anne Huxtable (National Trust), gives the first presentation in the sixth panel of the conference, Show and Tell: What is Real? Chaired by Oliver Cox.

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    Telling Tales: Inspiring Creativity through the Myths, Legends and Folklore of England

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 20:49


    Kate Armstrong and Hannah Keddie (English Heritage) give the third presentation in the fifth panel of the conference, Teaching and Learning, chaired by Oliver Cox.

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    Teaching the Folklore of British Landscapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 18:11


    Owen Davies (Hertfordshire), gives the second presentation in the fifth panel of the conference, Teaching and Learning, chaired by Oliver Cox.

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    Crowd-sourcing England's legends: The English Heritage Myths and Legends Map

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 17:02


    Mary Bateman (English Heritage), gives the first talk in the fifth panel of the conference, Teaching and Learning, chaired by Oliver Cox.

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    Supernatural defences activated through death

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 15:47


    Brian Hoggard (Folklorist), gives the first talk in the fourth panel of the conference, The Dark Side, chaired by Oliver Cox.

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    Panel 3 – The Land Remembers: Place as Keeper of Story questions

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 8:08


    Questions and answers from the second panel of the seminar. Moderated by Alice Purkiss (National Trust Partnership and University of Oxford).

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    Remembering Irish witches

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 12:43


    Andrew Sneddon (Ulster), gives the second talk in the third panel, The Land Remembers: Place as Keeper of Story. Chaired by Alice Purkiss.

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    Touching the Numinous: ‘fairy places' in legend and experience of the Irish landscape

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 19:41


    Jenny Butler (UC Cork), gives the first talk in the third panel, The Land Remembers: Place as Keeper of Story. Chaired by Alice Purkiss.

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    Mysterious Wales: between romanticism and tourism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 20:04


    Juliette Wood (Folklorist), gives the third talk in the second panel, Tales in Place: Change and Continuity. Chaired by Alice Purkiss.

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    Well, what about witches and wizards?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 14:19


    Lisa Tallis (Cardiff) gives the second talk in the second panel - Tales in Place: Change and Continuity - of the conference. Chaired by Alice Purkiss.

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    Magic and Medicine in Early Roman Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 18:03


    Nicky Garland (Durham), gives the first talk in the second panel, Tales in Place: Change and Continuity, in the conference. Chaired by Alice Purkiss.

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    Panel 1 - Who Owns this Place? Pondering Identities Questions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 8:27


    Questions and answers from the first panel of the seminar. Moderated by Alice Purkiss (National Trust Partnership and University of Oxford).

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    The Byland Abbey ghost stories: using the dead to bring a medieval monastery to life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 19:03


    Michael Carter (English Heritage) gives the second talk for the seminar.

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    How sacred is an ancient sacred site? The interface between academics, heritage managers and modern Paganism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 17:00


    First talk of Panel 1 - Who Owns this Place? Pondering Identities, chaired by Alice Purkiss, talk by Ronald Hutton (Bristol).

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