Season 3 Episode 2: Museums

Hosted By Vanessa Warne, Anne Hung, and Jessie Krahn

With Guests Julie Hollenbach, Amy Woodson-Boulton, and Nicola Watson

In this episode, we explore both the Victorian-era origins of many museums and the complicated cultural work done by and in museum spaces.

Transcript

Read a complete transcript of the episode here!

Transcript created by Natalie LoVetri.

References & Resources

Find out more about Julie Hollenbach’s research here.

Explore the historic O’Keefe Ranch via their website.

Read Julie’s article on decolonial curatorial practices.

Learn more about Amy Woodson-Boulton’s research and check out her book on art museums.

Take a closer look at social evolutionary theory and material culture interpretation in these blog posts. 

Read Amy’s review of the Beyond Compare exhibition at the Bode Museum.

For more on Nicola Watson’s research, click here

Check out abstracts for The Author’s Effects and The Literary Tourist.

Visit Rêve: The Virtual Exhibition

 

Victorian Samplings was recorded and produced on the territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən and SENĆOŦEN speaking communities of the Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, and on Treaty One Territory, traditional Land of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples and homeland of the Métis Nation.


Our podcast theme is “Happy Jazzy Ragtime Piano” by Praded, licensed by AudioJungle; our podcast stinger was made and donated by Brandon Christopher.

Photograph of label on dagger handle from Pitt-Rivers Museum, 1891.49.41. Haida, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. See http://objects.prm.ox.ac.uk/pages/PRMUID4988.html

Victorian Samplings