#070 – MORE MAP MONSTERS
Medieval Art expert Asa Mittman discusses his love of monsters, the kinds of monsters that populate medieval land maps, and the persistent practice of monsterization as a cultural method for labeling “out-groups” in human interaction.
Books by Asa Mittman
- Maps and Monsters in Medieval England
- The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous
- Inconceivable Beasts: The Wonders of the East in the Beowulf Manuscript
Mentioned in the episode
- MEARCSTAPA: The experimental association for the research of cryptozoology through scholarly theory and practical application
- The Garden of Earthly Delights
- Hieronymus Bosch
- The Garden of Earthly Delights at the Prado Museum
Music
- Monstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Stealing Monkeys