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Darwin and Eliot and History* | Curiouser and Curiouser
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If it intruigues me, I just might write about it here. State of the Humanities. The Chastising Professor →. Darwin and Eliot and History*. February 22, 2013. My very smart academic friend, Sam Cohen, recently wrote at length. On the Origins of Species. And that alone, many argue, was enough to revolutionize the century. But, as even the most cursory glance suggests, 1859 was a banner year. It saw the publication of multiple, field-changing books on medical advances. Of George Eliot’s first novel,. Sam po...
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In defense of making students study things they don’t always want to | Curiouser and Curiouser
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If it intruigues me, I just might write about it here. State of the Humanities. Pencils in the Lunchroom. Of Academic Idealism →. In defense of making students study things they don’t always want to. February 6, 2013. I will be the first to admit that the student-as-consumer model of education that is touted by some university administrators drives me batty. This is. Often implies that students know best what they want and need to learn, and it is our job to deliver precisely what students want. I use th...
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New website | Charlotte's Digital Tools blog
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Charlotte's Digital Tools blog. Tracking my progress on the Digital Tools for Research programme. Creating and Sharing Multimedia. August 15, 2012. I’ll be catching up with the next digital tools modules soon, but in the meantime I’ve been establishing a new website and blog here on wordpress:. All professional information and blogging now at http:/ charlottemathieson.wordpress.com/. Or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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The Curious World of Victorian Collecting: January 2013
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On Sunday I spent a wonderful afternoon visiting the exhibition Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men. At the Museum of London. The exhibition stems from the discoveries made during an archaeological dig at the old burial ground of the Royal London Hospital (find out more here. The exhibition was fascinating and really well presented, and contributed to a swirling mass of incomplete ideas I have recently been exploring about the role of death and possessions in Our Mutual Friend. The 1832 Anatomy Act ...
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The Curious World of Victorian Collecting: Some thoughts on recipe books and collections
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Some thoughts on recipe books and collections. Two blog posts in a week! Today I've written about recipe books and collecting. Over on the blog for the upcoming conference (which you really ought to register for) ' Devouring: Food, Drink and the Written Word, 1800-1945. You can read my post, where I try to make sense of my cookery scrapbook, here. Sunday, January 19, 2014. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm a PhD student at the University of Warwick, researching Victorians and their collections.
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The Curious World of Victorian Collecting: October 2012
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Some literature on collecting seems to suggest that the pursuit of a collection is a wholesome hobby in childhood, but a sinister one in an adult. In his otherwise admirable book Touch. In fact, Susan Pearce's comprehensive study of collecting behaviours, On Collecting. In the process of collecting for the crabby collection. 65279; In the nineteenth century, children were actively encouraged to start collections. It was felt to be an enriching and worthwhile pastime. Instruction m...Published in 1888&#...
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The Curious World of Victorian Collecting: June 2013
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Anti-scrape and The Red House. In the 1950s the house came into the ownership of the Hollamby family, who lived there with friends for many years, and in 2003 it came into the possession of the National Trust, who have been uncovering its secrets ever since. Settle in the hallway at Red House, with painting by William Morris partially completed. Image source. Wool and silk embroidered panel. Image source. Part way through conservation of the Lizzie Siddal wall painting, with some wallpaper still to be sc...
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The Curious World of Victorian Collecting: September 2012
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Collectors at Calke Abbey. Yesterday I took a trip to sunny Derbyshire with my Mum and Sister to visit Calke Abbey. A National Trust property tucked away down a long winding drive, near the village of Ticknall. All images either my own or courtesy of Helen Addyman. Taxidermy dioramas in the Saloon. Display case of shells in the Saloon. Taking a closer look at stuffed Kingfishers in the Bird Lobby. Despite the huge number of items making up the collections, many pieces were lost to neglect over the years,...
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The Curious World of Victorian Collecting: January 2014
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Some thoughts on recipe books and collections. Two blog posts in a week! Today I've written about recipe books and collecting. Over on the blog for the upcoming conference (which you really ought to register for) ' Devouring: Food, Drink and the Written Word, 1800-1945. You can read my post, where I try to make sense of my cookery scrapbook, here. Sunday, January 19, 2014. Association objects and contagion. By the time I delivered my paper on the last panel of the final day, my brain was fried. Fig 2 Lab...
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Casebooks, photographs, and institutional intimacy | The Other Asylum...
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The Other Asylum…. Entertainment, Amusement and Mirth. Highlights of the Diary of Dr Adams. Our house, in the middle of our street…. →. April 15, 2014 · 1:30 pm. Casebooks, photographs, and institutional intimacy. These casebooks were dealt with regularly, possibly weekly or monthly, though judging by the Commissioners In Lunacy complaints that the patient documents were not very well kept at the asylum, it was not daily! The photograph and the brief notes about her quiet behaviour being ‘strange for her...
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