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Fire starting using flint, Iron pyrites and fungus

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Living in the Stone Age
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Manse Ahmad uses King Alfred Cake and Horse hoof fungus, flint and Iron pyrites to raise a flame.

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Living in the Stone Age
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Manse Ahmad
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Fire lighting
flint
stone age
primitive techniques
Department: Ashmolean Museum
Date Added: 13/10/2015
Duration: 00:05:29

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Fire starting using a bow drill

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Manse Ahmad demonstrates fire starting using friction and pressure

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Living in the Stone Age
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Manse Ahmad
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Fire lighting
stone age
primitive techniques
Department: Ashmolean Museum
Date Added: 13/10/2015
Duration: 00:06:37

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Fire Lighting Ancient and Modern

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Manse Ahmad talks about the importance of fire and talks about the how ingenious early humans were in creating fire, something that is so easy for us to do today.

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Living in the Stone Age
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Manse Ahmad
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Fire lighting
stone age
primitive techniques
Department: Ashmolean Museum
Date Added: 13/10/2015
Duration: 00:02:18

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Stone Age Technology

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Klint Janulis and Iain Morley introduce the series of films
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Living in the Stone Age
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Klint Janulis
Iain Morley
Keywords
stone age
primitive techniques
Department: Ashmolean Museum
Date Added: 13/10/2015
Duration: 00:01:31

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Flint Knapping

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William Mills demonstrates flint knapping; the process of creating flint tools

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Living in the Stone Age
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William Mills
Keywords
flint knapping
stone age tools
ancient techniques
Department: Ashmolean Museum
Date Added: 13/10/2015
Duration: 00:05:12

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Braiding and Cordage

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Using stinging nettles to make strong string

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Living in the Stone Age
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Cory Cuthbertson
Keywords
cordage
braiding
ancient techniques
Department: Ashmolean Museum
Date Added: 13/10/2015
Duration: 00:05:36

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Living in the Stone Age

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Living in the Stone Age
In this series of 11 short films Experimental Archaeologists, Oxford University Lecturers and Bushcraft specialists demonstrate a range of Stone Age crafts, skills and technologies as well as art and music. Each 5 minute film can be used in the classroom to focus on a particular technology. For further information and more Prehistory resources for teachers visit: www.ashmolean.org/education/learningresources

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In Pursuit of Beauty: Modern Guides to the Hair, Face, and Body, 1784-1933

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Researchers at work in Bodleian archives and historic collections
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Dr Jessica Clark discusses Victorian beauty practices with items from the Bodleian Libraries Special Collections.
Dr Jessica Clark discusses Victorian beauty practices with items from the Bodleian Libraries Special Collections, including Mary Shelley’s dressing case. Dr Clark’s exhibition, "In Pursuit of Beauty: Modern Guides to the Hair, Face, and Body, 1784-1933", takes place at The Proscholium, Bodleian Library, 7 November 2015 – 10 January 2016.

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Researchers at work in Bodleian archives and historic collections
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Jessica Clark
Keywords
Victorian
beauty
bodleian
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 13/10/2015
Duration: 00:04:08

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Arts and Impact Investing

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Global insights in impact investing
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Around the world organisation are using the Arts as a way to create change and economic development. Andrea Nemtin, CEO, Inspirit Foundation and Oksana Oracheva, General Director, Vladimir Potanin Fellowship discuss their programmes.
Arts and Impact Investing has a long history and increasingly funders and investors are understanding it can bridge finance, policy and social change. Andrea Nemtin discusses how Inspirit, through public and private co-investing, undertakes real estate projects that provide cooperative and affordable living and working arrangements for artists in Canada. Oksana Oracheva discusses how the Vladamir Potantin Fellowship supports museums that spearhead new social enterprises and new business development models across Russia, inspiring a new generation of critical and creative thinkers.

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Global insights in impact investing
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Gayle Peterson
Andrea Nemtin
Oksana Oracheva
Keywords
impact investing
social finance
oxford impact investing programme
arts
Department: Saïd Business School
Date Added: 12/10/2015
Duration: 00:23:05

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Emerging Economies: Africa

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Sam Nwanze, Chief Investment Officer, Heirs Holdings Nigeria and one of Africa's first impact investors talks about the opportunities and challenges of the multi-billion dollar social investing industry in Africa.
Sam Nwanze, Chief Investment Officer, Heirs Holdings Nigeria and one of Africa's first impact investors talks about the opportunities and challenges of the multi-billion dollar social investing industry in Africa. Sam will discuss how the future of Africa can be driven by internal social impact investors from the Continent through 'Afrocapitalist' investment strategies.

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Global insights in impact investing
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Samuel Nwanze
Gayle Peterson
Keywords
impact investing
Afrocapitalism
social finance
Africa
impact capitalism
Department: Saïd Business School
Date Added: 12/10/2015
Duration: 00:23:46

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