Augustus Pitt Rivers’ Ideas on Material Culture

Claire and Prof. Dan Hicks bring (more) shame on the name Pitt-Rivers, and make an argument for unburying all of the archival bodies.

Guest

Our guest Dan Hicks is a Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at Oxford, as well as a curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum. His newest book, Every Monument Will Fall is available here. Follow him on Bluesky, Instagram and… LinkedIn?

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Sensitive Themes & Topics

Racism, eugenics, violence, grave desecration and human remains

Credits

- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin 

- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.

- Music: Marshall Dean Williams

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