From research and collections to biodiversity, there's something for everyone in our podcast.
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Kaurna welcome is by Uncle Michael O'Brien, audio production by Jake Holmes, and music by Peter Saunders.
These episodes have been made possible by the Department for Energy and Mining, and National Science Week.
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In this special NAIDOC Week episode, Eastern Arrernte woman Dr Jennifer Caruso and Adnyamathanha/Barngarla woman Rebecca Richards talk about the Museum's upcoming Women's Work exhibition, as well as Jennifer's experiences as a member of the Stolen Generation. This episode contains discussion of forced removal and deaths in custody and one unbleeped swearword. This episode is made possible by the support of NAIDOC Week.
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Did you know that our coastal environments are very effective at storing carbon? In this episode of the South Australian Museum podcast, we talk to Dr Alice Jones about her work on blue carbon – carbon found in salt marshes, mangroves and seagrass. This episode is co-hosted by SAM’s marine invertebrate Senior Researcher, Dr Rachael King.
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Animal life is remarkable in its diversity, particularly in the variety of shapes and sizes we see around us today, and in some ways even more remarkably in those life forms that have long gone extinct. How does this variation come about? And is it limited in its possibilities, or infinite?
Dr Emma Sherratt is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. She is a world expert in the analysis of animal form and evolution. Her research spans animals big and small, from sea snakes to scallops, frogs to fossil lizards, and mammals to cuckoo eggs. Her website is www.emmasherratt.com.
Live lecture: Dr Emma Sherratt, "The Shape of Life and the Museum of Possible Forms" by South Australian Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons License.