The Chimeric Imagination: From Japanese Shrines to P.T. Barnum - May Ho - Zoom

Mon 18 Jan · Venue to be confirmed

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May will deconstruct how P.T. Barnum commodified ‘wonder’, transforming a sacred talisman into a work of the ‘experience economy Digital Events - Zoom Lecture Jan 18th 2027 Mon 18th January 2027 at 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm £6 - £10 & By Donation Thank you for your support The Chimeric Imagination: From Japanese Shrines to P.T. Barnum The Lens: Archaeology & The Biography of Objects Drawing on May’s background in Applied Landscape Archaeology, this session treats the Fiji Mermaid not as a hoax, but as an artefact with a complex stratigraphy of meaning.

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