VIDEO: Were the first artists women?

Published: April 15, 2014 8:59pm EDT

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Janine Burke
Research Fellow, School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash University

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Welcome to TCTV, a new stream of video content offering ideas and insights from the sharpest academic minds.

In this first episode Janine Burke explains research by archaeologist Dean Snow suggesting that, contrary to popular belief, the first artists may have been women.

This video is a co-production between SBS World News and The Conversation.

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