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Photograph of the Pitt Rivers Museum from Wikimedia Commons, taken in 2015.

Weaponising women: How an article about women’s rights and access is really a criticism of decolonisation.

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What do women's right have to do with decolonisation? A lot as it turns out.

Misunderstanding Museums: How criticism of the Pitt Rivers Museum reveals public misunderstandings about how museums work.

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How do museums work? What proportion of their collection can you see as a visitor? How much is online? And what do changes to the museum mean for physical and digital visits?

Photograph of the Pitt Rivers Museum from Wikimedia Commons, taken in 2015.

Masking masks: Does the Pitt Rivers Museum really ‘hide’ objects from women?

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Has the Pitt-Rivers Museum really started hiding objects from women?

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What’s the point of an exhibition? or ‘How to Wellcome change in the museum space’

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As I write this in late November 2022, academic and museum Twitter has just seen an almighty row about the Wellcome Collection's decision to close and replace its 'Medicine Man' gallery. (In fact, 'row' probably isn't even the right word for it - we need a new word for these Twitter events, something that encompasses …

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5 pieces of advice I wish I’d heard in the first year of my PhD

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How to set yourself up for career success and get to grips with your PhD in your first year.

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Ten practical things I wish in knew in the first year of my PhD

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What should you know to make a great start on your PhD? Here I share 10 things I've learned since, that I wish I knew then.

Tutankhamun, Nefertiti and all that jazz: What have we learned?

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Almost a year since the media discovered Reeves' theory that Tutankhamun's tomb contained Nefertiti, what have we learned?