Noticing Invisibility: A Personal Reflection on Black History Month in Oxford
As Black History Month concludes for another year, one resident reflects on how museums in the city and the nation still have more to do.
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Reflection on ‘WAKCHAKUNA / We Who Share Everything and Nothing’ at Nottingham Contemporary
Claudia Martínez Garay’s latest exhibition, inspired by Peru’s Inca and Moche cultures, has much to teach about art, sexuality, and language.
Migration Museum: NHS Exhibition review
The Migration Museum’s ‘Heart of the Nation’ exhibition explores how migrants built Britain’s NHS, even in the face of systemic racism.
On Tour Development: From Curiosity and Colonialism to Unnatural Histories
As we launch a new tour of Oxford’s Natural History Museum, we reflect on lessons learnt from exploring the dark side of curiosity.
Issam Kourbaj’s “Urgent Archive”: Exhibition Review
The latest Kettle’s Yard exhibition is a real-time battle to preserve Syrian history from oblivion, but does it stick in the viewer’s memory?
Sir Arthur Evans: Knossos, Myth & Reality
Review of the exhibition ‘Knossos: Myths & Reality’ at the Ashmolean (10 February -30 July …
Unburying an Archaeologist: the Forgotten Story of Hormuzd Rassam
Hormuzd Rassam is not a name which will be familiar to most Oxford residents and …
Afterlives of the Town: Politics of Burial and Personhood in Oxford
Oxford, Not University During our Uncomfortable Oxford tours, we focus a fair bit on the …
Bones of Contention: The Ethics of Displaying Human Remains in Museums
In the previous article of our Personhood and Personal Objects series, we explored the idea …
Inheriting the Mantle: Dedications and Dilemmas in the Ashmolean
The Ashmolean Museum is the University of Oxford’s museum for art and archaeology. It describes …
The Haida Totem Pole: A First Nations Treasure in Oxford
The second article in our short series delving into the background of items in the …
Breaking the Prime Directive: The Pitt Rivers Phantoms
Introduction Within the Star Trek universe, humans are bound by the “Prime Directive” which forbids …
