This Globe is Broken

‘This Globe is Broken’. A poem about how the globe as an object is not neutral. A response to the colonial 1875 Jigsaw Globe on display in the Whipple Museum’s Globe Gallery.

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Poetry

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Museum Remix

‘This Globe is Broken’. A poem about how the globe as an object is not neutral. A response to the colonial 1875 Jigsaw Globe on display in the Museum’s Globe Gallery.

University of Cambridge Museums · This Globe is Broken

Creator: Annie Tomkins

This audio was created as part of Museum Remix 2023, coinciding with the University of Cambridge Museums’ programme of Power and Memory.

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