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Maiko or geisha putting on face make-up in Kyoto Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 725 seconds JAPAN THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Alan Macfarlane explores the mysterious context to this film. It can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2 pjyxu The film was made by Windfall Films. Please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om under 'Global History' for details and other films. Related: face, geisha, maiko, make, painting, red, up, white |
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Geisha or maiko meeting in the Gion area of Kyoto, Japan Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 314 seconds JAPAN THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Alan Macfarlane explores the mysterious context to this film. It can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2 pjyxu The film was made by Windfall Films. Please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om under 'Global History' for details and other films. Related: face, geisha, gion, japan, kyoto, maiko, paint |
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Conversation with a Benedictine monk in Scotland Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 3219 seconds A fifty minute discussion about early Christianity, technology, time, clocks and western thought. Please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om for the background and wider context. Related: benedictine, christianity, clocks, monastery, technology, time |
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What is social anthropology? Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 1448 seconds A brief overview of social anthropology and the study of other cultures. Please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om for the context and further films Related: anthropology, cultures, social, study, understanding |
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Full interview with George Steiner - part one Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 3632 seconds An interview with the literary critic and writer George Steiner on his life and work, made in 2007. For a higher quality (downloadable) version, and many video interviews of others, please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: dante, george, homer, language, shakespeare, steiner, tragedy |
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Maiko or geisha being dressed in kimono and other garments Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 257 seconds JAPAN THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Alan Macfarlane explores the mysterious context to this film. It can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2 pjyxu The film was made by Windfall Films. Please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om under 'Global History' for details and other films. Related: dressing, geisha, gion, japan, kimono, kyoto, maiko |
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5. Lecture on Karl Marx (1818-1883) Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 3221 seconds Lecture to second year undergraduate students at Cambridge University in 2001 by Alan Macfarlane on some aspects of the work of Karl Marx. For the background, downloadble version, readings etc. please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: anthropology, cambridge, history, karl, marx, marxism, social, theory |
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8:2 Incest and adultery - theories of Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 510 seconds For the context of this 1980s lecture, please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: adultery, behaviour, incest, theories |
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Full interview with Clifford Geertz - part one Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 3541 seconds First part of the full interview of the anthropologist Clifford Geertz, filmed in May 2004 in Cambridge. For a downloadable, higher quality, version with a summary, please see 'Interviews' on www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: anthropology, bali, clifford, geertz, modernism, morocco, post |
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6. Lecture on Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 2825 seconds Lecture to second year undergraduate students at Cambridge University by Alan Macfarlane in 2001 on some aspects of the work of Emile Durkheim. For the background, downloadble version, readings etc. please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: cambridge, durkheim, emile, france, social, sociology, theory |
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Political anthropology: lecture 1 Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 2327 seconds Theory in political anthropology and the state. Political systems, state and law, political theory since Aristotle, anthropology and politics Related: anthropology, law, politics, state, theory |
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7. Lecture on Max Weber (1864-1920) Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 2582 seconds Lecture to second year undergraduate students at Cambridge University in 2001 by Alan Macfarlane on some aspects of the work of Max Weber. For the background, downloadble version, readings etc. please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: alan, cambridge, capitalism, macfarlane, max, protestantism, sociology, weber |
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Interview with George Steiner, part two Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 3150 seconds The second part of an interview with the literary critic and writeer George Steiner, made in 2007. For a higher quality (downloadable) version, and many video interviews of others, please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: dante, george, homer, language, shakespeare, steiner, tragedy |
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Ritual duel between a shaman and a spirit figure Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 757 seconds Part of the death memorial ceremony. For the context and further films, please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: ceremony, dance, death, gurung, ritual, shamans |
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Japanese sword making Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 284 seconds JAPAN THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS explores the mysterious context to this film. It can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2 pjyxu The film was made by Windfall Films. Please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om under 'Global History' for details and other films. Related: famous, japan, japanese, making, sword |
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3. Adam Smith (1733-1790) Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 2861 seconds Filmed as part of a second year course in social anthropology at Cambridge University in November 2001. For further writings on the social theorists and the background, please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: adam, economics, scotland, smith |
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Pottery in Japan Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 770 seconds JAPAN THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS explores the mysterious context to this film. It can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2 pjyxu The film was made by Windfall films. Please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om under 'Global History' for details and other films. Related: ceramics, climbing, japan, kiln, pottery, shigeraki |
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Interview of Professor Sir Patrick Bateson - part 1 Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 3593 seconds Interview of the zoologist and sometime Provost of King's College, Cambridge, Patrick Bateson. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane in December 2007. For a higher quality (downloadable) version and summary, please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: bateson, chimpanzees, college, goodall, kings, pat, zoology |
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The future of the human race - part 1 Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 321 seconds Against the backdrop of Mount Annapurna, Alan Macfarlane in 1999 reflects on the future of the human race. For more on related themes, please see http://www.alanmacfa rlane.com/global/pro g6.htm Related: androids, cyborgs, despair, dna, future, hope, humans, of |
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Famine - its consequences and causes Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 1542 seconds The final part of three lectures on 'strategies of survival' for first-year Cambridge students in 2006. For context and further films, please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: adam, amartya, famine, hunger, malnutrition, sen, smith |
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Inroductory Lectures on Economic Anthropology:1 Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 2290 seconds The Production of Wealth. The first of four introductory lectures to first year students at Cambridge by Professor Alan Macfarlane in 2006. For the full series and context, please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om under 'Lectures' Related: anthropology, economic, hunting, industrial, pastoralism, peasants |
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Making a glass mirror Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 864 seconds For further film and context, please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: glass, mirrors, vision |
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Interview of John Meurig Thomas - 2007 - part 1 Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 3039 seconds An interview of Sir John Meurig Thomas, chemist and formerly Director of the Royal Institution and Master of Peterhouse College Cambridge. For a higher quality, downloadable, version, please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om Related: cambridge, chemistry, faraday, institution, john, meurig, peterhouse, royal, solid, state, thomas |
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Making a porcelain bowl Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 789 seconds 2006 at Lode, Cambridgeshire. Made by Matthew Blakely website is: http:// www.matthewblakely.c o.uk Related: blakely, matthew, porcelain, pottery, studio, throwing |
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Maiko dance in a Kyoto hotel. Posted by: ayabaya
Video duration: 250 seconds JAPAN THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Alan Macfarlane explores the mysterious context to this film. It can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2 pjyxu Please see www.alanmacfarlane.c om under 'Global History' for details and other films. Related: dance, maiko |
