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Liz and Phedra are joined by Ayesha Fuentes to discuss working with sacred and religious objects in museum, heritage, and cultural contexts; and Phedra interviews Senior Expert Art Conservator and Restorer Venizelos Gavrilakis on conservation as devotion.
00:22 introductions
01:00 Ayesha’s academic background
05:32 definition of ritual objects
14:10 working with stakeholders
19:00 theology vs. religious studies
25:50 objects in museums
29:24 dissociation
33:08 does Ayesha have a favourite object?
36:27 protecting yourself
39:00 final thoughts
41:10 Phedra Interviews Venizelos Gavrilakis
Dr Ayesha Fuentes
Isaac Newton Trust Research Associate in Conservation
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of Cambridge
https://www.venisstudios.com/about-us/venizelos-g-gavrilakis
Support us on Patreon!
Hosted by Liz Herbert, Phedra Komodromou, and Ayesha Fuentes. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.
A Wooden Dice production, 2025.
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Liz and Phedra are joined by Ayesha Fuentes to discuss working with sacred and religious objects in museum, heritage, and cultural contexts; and Phedra interviews Senior Expert Art Conservator and Restorer Venizelos Gavrilakis on conservation as devotion.
00:22 introductions
01:00 Ayesha’s academic background
05:32 definition of ritual objects
14:10 working with stakeholders
19:00 theology vs. religious studies
25:50 objects in museums
29:24 dissociation
33:08 does Ayesha have a favourite object?
36:27 protecting yourself
39:00 final thoughts
41:10 Phedra Interviews Venizelos Gavrilakis
Dr Ayesha Fuentes
Isaac Newton Trust Research Associate in Conservation
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of Cambridge
https://www.venisstudios.com/about-us/venizelos-g-gavrilakis
Support us on Patreon!
Hosted by Liz Herbert, Phedra Komodromou, and Ayesha Fuentes. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.
A Wooden Dice production, 2025.

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