RTBC AT EPISODE 250: how museums shape our society
Reasons Revisited
Geoff Lloyd
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Hello! This week we're talking about museums and the role they have in shaping social and political issues. Many in the museum community agree that our museums are not neutral, but what does that mean when it comes to addressing issues such as climate change, colonialism and corporate influence? We talk to Doug Gurr, Director of the Natural History Museum, Professor Laura Van Broekhoven, Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum and Professor of Museum Studies, Ethics and Material Culture at the University of Oxford and Dr Chris Garrard, Co-Director of campaign group Culture Unstained.
Plus: Geoff delves into the archives and quizzes Ed on 250 episodes of RTBC history. How well does he do?
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by the Perception Census, a new groundbreaking study exploring |
| 0:05.6 | the fascinating potential of the mind from the creators of Dream Machine. |
| 0:09.7 | Here's a question. |
| 0:10.8 | Which is heavier? |
| 0:12.2 | Red? |
| 0:13.2 | Or yellow? |
| 0:14.7 | Now, did an answer come to mind instantly? |
| 0:17.9 | Most people say red, but why is that? |
| 0:21.8 | That's at the heart of what the Perception Census is aiming to discover. |
| 0:25.7 | To what extent are we all experiencing the world around us differently? |
| 0:29.8 | And why? |
| 0:30.8 | It's led by world-leading academics, professor of neuroscience, Annal Seth from the University |
| 0:36.0 | of Sussex. |
| 0:37.0 | You may have heard of. |
| 0:38.0 | He crops up on TV and radio. |
| 0:39.4 | He's always brilliant. |
| 0:40.4 | He wrote a fantastic book called Being You, which came out last year, and professor of |
| 0:45.0 | philosophy, Fiona McPherson from the University of Glasgow. |
| 0:49.2 | And the team has designed this brilliantly. |
| 0:52.0 | Basically, the more you complete, the more valuable the research becomes. |
| 0:56.7 | So just taking part is really engrossing. |
| 0:59.6 | They're all kinds of games, illusions, tests, brain teasers, as well as a little bit about |
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