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Elizabeth Baquedano interviewed on the history of the looking glass
3 May 2022
Elizabeth Baquedano (Honorary Associate Professor, 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Archaeology) was invited to participate in a BBC World Service programme on the history of mirrors.
In a recent episode of the听BBC World Service programme - The Forum听entitled 'Mirror Mirror on the wall: The history of the looking glass', Elizabeth Baquedano was part of a panel of experts听discussing听the history of mirrors and their importance in different cultures, highlighting their use听in the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica.
The Forum is the BBC World Service's flagship discussion programme, bringing听together prominent thinkers from various听disciplines and different parts of the world with the aim of creating stimulating discussion informed by highly distinct academic, artistic, and cultural perspectives.
Elizabeth currently teaches a graduate course at the Institute on Aztec Archaeology which examines the critical boundaries between the historical records, the painted books (codices) and material culture, focusing on the Spanish Chroniclers of Sixteenth Century Mexico. She is the author of Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity, 2015 (University Press of Colorado).
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Image:听Obsidian mirror 漏 The Trustees of the British Museum (Courtesy of the British Museum)
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