Rebecca (Becky) Martin
@rebeccamartin.bsky.social
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford/LSHTM/UCL STS historian of 19th and 20th century science, medicine, materials, photography, anatomy, teaching, models, race, colonialism, health systems, and HMS Challenger. Former NMM Caird Fellow. Views my own. She/her.
Our third podcast episode is up! Feeling sad about the nights drawing in? Why not curl up with a cuppa and listen to us joke about rocks?
A new episode of 'Making the Pitt Rivers Museum' is OUT NOW! podcasts.ox.ac.uk/making-repli...
Hear about making convincing replicas, the 'sexy hand axe' theory, and why dressing up is useful from Dr James Dilley of @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social
Knobbly lumps of stone can be really interesting...
Hear about making convincing replicas, the 'sexy hand axe' theory, and why dressing up is useful from Dr James Dilley of @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social
Knobbly lumps of stone can be really interesting...
Making Replicas in the Museum
Dr James Dilley is an experimental archaeologist and flintknapper, specialising in the British Stone Age & Bronze Age. James founded the company AncientCraft in 2009, through which he and Emma Jones a...
podcasts.ox.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Our third podcast episode is up! Feeling sad about the nights drawing in? Why not curl up with a cuppa and listen to us joke about rocks?
Listening to a fantastic paper by @skidwayy.bsky.social at #ichst25 on local interactions with geological questions!
June 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Listening to a fantastic paper by @skidwayy.bsky.social at #ichst25 on local interactions with geological questions!
For those wondering what I actually do at the museum, yes, it does feel like a little bit of everything! Check out the latest:
If you've been eagerly awaiting the second episode of our 'Making the Pitt Rivers Museum' podcast, the wait is finally over!
Check out episode 2 'Making Sense of the San Collections' now: open.spotify.com/episode/7zS0... (also available on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Oxford Podcasts)
Check out episode 2 'Making Sense of the San Collections' now: open.spotify.com/episode/7zS0... (also available on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Oxford Podcasts)
Making Sense of the San Collections
Making the Pitt Rivers Museum · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
For those wondering what I actually do at the museum, yes, it does feel like a little bit of everything! Check out the latest:
Such lovely comments about our now multi-award-winning project. Our project shows what real funding for museum work can achieve!
We are thrilled that the Maasai Living Cultures Project has just been announced as Partnership of the Year winner in the #MandHAwards - "Brave, sensitive & internationally significant, this partnership sets a new standard for genuine collaboration."
May 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Such lovely comments about our now multi-award-winning project. Our project shows what real funding for museum work can achieve!
Reposted by Rebecca (Becky) Martin
Very exciting afternoon with the Maasai Living Cultures Project announced as winner in the 'Making a Difference Globally' category of the University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2025! Huge honour to be recognised alongside so many other inspiring, groundbreaking & life changing projects!
May 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Very exciting afternoon with the Maasai Living Cultures Project announced as winner in the 'Making a Difference Globally' category of the University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2025! Huge honour to be recognised alongside so many other inspiring, groundbreaking & life changing projects!
Exciting news alert: the February statistics are out and 'Women in the History of Science' had a whopping 20.5k downloads in our first year!! Looking for a new teaching resource? Check it out: uclpress.co.uk/products/211...
Women in the History of Science - UCL Press
Women in the History of Science brings together primary sources that highlight women’s involvement in scientific knowledge production around the world. Drawing on texts, images and objects, each prima...
uclpress.co.uk
March 12, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Exciting news alert: the February statistics are out and 'Women in the History of Science' had a whopping 20.5k downloads in our first year!! Looking for a new teaching resource? Check it out: uclpress.co.uk/products/211...