This week, we welcome Dr Ian Evans, architectural historian, author and conservationist. Dr Evans’ 2010 thesis, ‘Touching Magic’, was the first ever academic examination of the historic use of witches marks, bottles and other apotropaic magic in Australia.
It's an absolutely fantastic chat. Download the episode here or listen along on YouTube below.
Images from Dr Evans' Research
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Show Notes
- Touching Magic: Deliberately Concealed Objects in Old Australian Buildings
- Dr Evans on ABC Radio
- Dr Evans on Academia.edu
- The Tasmanian Magic Project: