009 -  Friends, Romans, countrymen? - Part 2

009 - Friends, Romans, countrymen? - Part 2

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0106 Phone calls from the past

Iszi and Julia speak to Finn Kennedy of Applied Stories to discuss the process behind bringing imagined voices from across time to life as part of the Eternal Telephone audio drama project. Please share your comments and feedback about the podcast! You can talk to us on Twitter @ ...  Show more

0105 The Benioff Oceania Programme

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. Please share your comments a ...  Show more

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