The British Museum Membercast

0105 The Benioff Oceania Programme

May 17, 2023

29:54

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Benioff Curator of Oceania at the British Museum

4min

The Taxonomy of Cultural Treasures

2min

The Role of Taxonomy in the History of the Museum

2min

The Importance of Object Description

3min

The History of Hawai'i

3min

The Obsession With Databases

2min

The Importance of a Coquilo Database in Paleontology

3min

Kail Kanlaiji: A Current of Water and Ocean

4min

10.

The Importance of Cultural Treasures

3min

Curator of Oceania Alice Christophe chats to Iszi and Julia about the collaborative work undertaken with Pacific communities to transform the understanding, care and curation of collections from Hawaiʻi and Rapa Nui currently physically at the museum.

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