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Follow the development of the TORCH-Ashmolean research project Talking Sense in these podcasts, hosted and produced by two participants of the project: Jonathan Lawrence and Christy Callaway-Gale
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| 16 | Episode 16: 'The Rough and the Refined: Sensing the Luxurious and the Everyday' – PART 2 | Dr Juanjo García-Granero (Postdoctoral Researcher, Archaeology) explores the senses in grand and ordinary living, through examining a Minoan cooking vessel. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Juanjo García-Granero, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 15 | Episode 15: 'The Rough and the Refined: Sensing the Luxurious and the Everyday' – PART 1 | Clare Gardom (DPhil Student, Classics) explores the senses in grand and ordinary living, through examining textiles from Classical Egypt. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Clare Gardom, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 14 | Episode 14: 'Making Sense of Death' – PART 2 | In this episode, Alexis Gorby (DPhil Student, Archaeology) looks at glass from the Roman catacombs to explore how ancient and contemporary cultures use the senses to make sense of death. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Alexis Gorby, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 13 | Episode 13: 'Making Sense of Death' – PART 1 | Dr Carrie Ryan (Postdoctoral Researcher, Anthropology) uses Angela Palmer’s Ashmolean Mummy Boy 3 to explore how ancient and contemporary cultures use the senses to make sense of death. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Carrie Ryan, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 12 | Episode 12: 'Stripping Back to Sharpen the Senses: A Holy Face and a Waterfall Vase' – PART 2 | Yayoi Teramoto Kimura (DPhil Student, Computational Neuroscience) focuses on a twentieth-century Japanese vase to demonstrate how artists can engage our senses through a pared down approach. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Yayoi Teramoto Kimura, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 11 | Episode 11: 'Stripping Back to Sharpen the Senses: A Holy Face and a Waterfall Vase' – PART 1 | Eleanor Townsend (DPhil Student, History of Art) focuses on a seventeenth-century Spanish painting to demonstrate how artists can engage our senses by focusing on a pared down approach. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Eleanor Townsend, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 10 | Episode 10: 'Sights for Sore Eyes: Reading the Senses in Religious and Cultural Pilgrimage' – PART 2 | Jasmine Proteau (DPhil Student, History) uses an eighteenth-century carriage clock to explore the significance of the senses in reading and travelling to centres of culture and spiritual salvati. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast | Jasmine Proteau, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 9 | Episode 9: Sights for Sore Eyes: Reading the Senses in Religious and Cultural Pilgrimage' – PART 1 | Raphaela Rohrhofer (DPhil Student, English) uses the Alfred Jewel and the reliquary casket of St Thomas Becket to explore the significance of the senses in reading and travelling. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Raphaela Rohrhofer, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 8 | Episode 8: 'Altered States of Body: The Power of the Senses in Ritual and Revelry' – PART 2 | In this episode, Helena Guzik (DPhil Student, History of Art) analyses Indian pilgrim stamps to show how objects have the power to transform us, engaging the senses to alter the body. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Helena Guzik, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 7 | Episode 7: 'Altered States of Body: The Power of the Senses in Ritual and Revelry' – PART 1 | In this episode, Dr Hugo Shakeshaft (Postdoctoral Researcher, Classics) analyses a Greek symposium cup to show how objects have the power to transform us, engaging the senses to alter the body. Further reading:https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Hugo Shakeshaft, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 6 | Episode 6: 'Sensory Intoxication: Getting Drunk From Oxford to Iran' – PART 2 | Jonny Lawrence (DPhil Student, Oriental Institute) looks at an Iranian tile scene to explore how drunkenness and intoxication play a big role in the visual culture of the senses. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Jonny Lawrence, Christy Callaway-Gale | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 5 | Episode 5: 'Sensory Intoxication: Getting Drunk from Oxford to Iran' – PART 1 | Sian Witherden (DPhil Student, English) uses a medieval puzzle jug to explore how drunkenness and intoxication play a big role in the visual culture of the senses. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Sian Witherden, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 4 | Episode 4: 'The Senses and Disease: A Renaissance Perfume Burner and a Victorian Poisonous Bookcase' – PART 2 | In this episode, Amélie Bonney (DPhil Student, History of Science) examines a toxic Victorian bookcase to discover the sensory world of disease. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Amélie Bonney, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 3 | Episode 3: 'The Senses and Disease: A Renaissance Perfume Burner and a Victorian Poisonous Bookcase – PART 1 | In this episode, Christy Callaway-Gale (DPhil Student, Medieval and Modern Languages) examines a Renaissance Italian perfume burner to discover the sensory world of disease. Further reading: https://www.talkingsenseoxford.com/podcast. | Christy Callaway-Gale, Jonny Lawrence | 12 Jul 2019 | |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Episode 2: The Workshop Days | Jonathan Lawrence and Christy Callaway-Gale, two participants in the TORCH-Ashmolean Talking Sense project, introduce the workshop days. | Jonathan Lawrence, Christy Callaway-Gale, Jim Harris | 18 Apr 2019 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | Episode 1: Introduction to Talking Sense | Jonathan Lawrence and Christy Callaway-Gale, two participants in the TORCH-Ashmolean Talking Sense project, introduce the inter-disciplinary research project. | Jonathan Lawrence, Christy Callaway-Gale, Hugo Shakeshaft, Helena Guzik | 18 Apr 2019 |