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Jun 13, 2024 · The notion of an anthropology of the Mediterranean emerged in the 1950s and was strongly associated with anthropologists working at the University of Oxford at the time, notably John G. Péristiany, Julian Pitt-Rivers, and John K. Campbell. The timing of this discovery was far from accidental.
Jun 29, 2024 · In Episode 4, the popular comedy program introduced Sandy and Julian, two characters played by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams. “Now, if you’re listening to them with a modern ear, you hear ...
Jun 19, 2024 · The Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford has won a reputation for its energetic programme of ‘decolonisation’. Its director, Laura van Broekhoven, is an expert on the Amazon.
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Jun 20, 2024 · The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford has refuted claims in the press this week that it removed a Nigerian Igbo mask from display due to a cultural taboo on showing it to women. The Telegraph reported that the University of Oxford museum had removed the mask from public display and put a note on its website saying that, although photographs of the object are available, the museum is “unable to show the media publicly”.
Jun 28, 2024 · In Episode 4, the popular comedy program introduced Sandy and Julian, two characters played by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams. “Now, if you’re listening to them with a modern ear, you hear ...
Jun 20, 2024 · How does Julian Pitt-Rivers describe the 'the figure of the witch'? 'the unsubjected female who rides upon a broomstick to subvert the social order' See more.
Jun 13, 2024 · The artefacts from Rotherley suggested to Pitt-Rivers that the site was ‘poorer’ than Woodcuts. This interpretation was reflected in his analysis of the human remains. Pitt-Rivers had all the human bone measured and found that the inhabitants were of smaller stature when compared with people living elsewhere on Cranborne Chase at the time.
