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Week 11:

The Bathroom

Videos:

Mary Beard: Meet the Romans, episode 2 (59 min.; watch 24:30 – 30:50):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JFw8M4PBUI

Ifor Ap Glyn, “The Toilet: An Unspoken History” (BBC, 2012; 58:55 min.)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ftazg

How the Toilet Changed History (PBS, 7:15 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQG1YZS9l4

Artist-designed bathrooms in the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin:
Quick look (1:00 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWs7HxZ6dxg

Matt Nolen’s Extreme Bathroom (4:24 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj9t2hZz4Cc

Lucy Worsley, “History of the Home, episode 2: The Bathroom” (50:22 min.): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuauxb

Victorian Realities – How did they use the toilet? (while wearing a crinoline or a bustle) (6:27 min.):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHeSTDv_24

 

Readings:

Bryson, At Home, Chapter16 (“The Bathroom”)

Barbara Penner, “‘We shall deal here with humble things,’” Places Journal, November 2012: https://placesjournal.org/article/we-shall-deal-here-with-humble-things/ – 0 (22 pp.)