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Free University – How do you make a man?

Dr Caroline Osella: How do you make a man?

An analysis of the construction of male identity in South Asia.

Caroline Osella is Reader in Anthropology with reference to South Asia at SOAS. Her specialisms are Kerala, South Asia, South Asian diaspora: ethnophysiology, concepts of person, gender, ethnicity, psychology and anthropology.

For accompanying photographs and recommended further reading see Wednesday’s FUoTA page at http://resonancefm.com/free-university/wednesday-20th-august

Duration: 40:32.

Free University – Just Intonation

Prof Ben Neill: A Beginner’s Guide to Just Intonation

Composer Ben Neill, who studied under LaMonte Young, provides a beginner’s guide to Just Intonation.
Ben Neill is Professor of Music Technology and Music Industry at Ramapo College, New Jersey, USA.

Visit www.benneill.com/ and Kyle Gann’s website, to which this talk makes extensive reference: www.kylegann.com/

With thanks to Kyle Gann.

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Free University – Images of War

Dr Julian Stallabras: Images of War.

Julian Stallabrass lectures in modern and contemporary art at the Courtauld Institute. This lecture accompanies his work on the Brighton Photo Biennial 2008.

Visit www.bpb.org.uk/2008/blog/3105/holiday-snaps/

[WARNING: contains disturbing images which maybe considered unsuitable for children.]

and

www.courtauld.ac.uk/people/stallabrass-julian.shtml

Duration: 24:16.

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The Bike Show: Are cargo bikes the future of urban transport?

Do the rising oil price, the growing concern about man-made climate change and breakthroughs in cycle design mean we’re on the verge of a pedal-powered cargo revolution? Discussing the past, present and future of cargo bikes and pedicabs is Leslie Wacker, a Chicago native who placed second in the cargo bike race at this year’s World Cycle Messenger Championships, Buffalo Bill author of Moving Target Zine and controller at Creative Couriers. We also hear from Mark, controller at from Zero Couriers, London’s first and only dedicated cargo bike courier company about the challenges his company has faced convincing potential commercial clients to choose pedal-powered cargo delivery. 8Freight photo thanks to BikeFix.

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Hooting Yard : Tony Buzan

After I posted the piece entitled Denktash Fugue Syndrome, in which mention is made of Mrs Gubbins and her knitted tea cosies, I was deluged with mail from younger readers who complained that they had no idea what I was talking about. The general tone of these missives was along the lines of “Oi, Mr Key, what in the name of heaven is a tea cosy, for crying out loud, innit?”

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Free University – Avant-Garde Performance

Dr Roberta Mock: Avant-Garde Performance.

Roberta Mock is Associate Dean (Research) and Reader in Performance, Faculty of Arts.

Dr Roberta Mock is Reader in Performance and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Plymouth where she also leads the MRes Theatre & Performance programme. She is the editor of Walking, Writing & Performance (Intellect, forthcoming) and Performing Processes (Intellect, 2000), and author of Jewish Women on Stage, Film, and Television (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). She is co-convenor of the Performance & the Body Working Party of TaPRA (Theatre & Performance Research Association) and a member of the AHRC Peer Review College. For further details: www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/rmock

For bibliography and references cited in this lecture, see our on-line page at www.resonancefm.com/free-university

Duration: 42:21.
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I’m ready for my close-up: Malcolm McDowell and Lindsay Anderson (audio version)

I’m ready for my close-up – Malcolm McDowell & Lindsay Anderson
partially broadcast on 14/11/07 on Resonance FM

Alex Fitch interviews Malcolm McDowell and Mike Kaplan

Alex Fitch interviews Malcolm McDowell and Mike Kaplan

Alex Fitch interviews star Malcolm McDowell and director Mike Kaplan about their film Never Apologise – a personal visit with Lindsay Anderson. Never Apologize (sic) is currently showing at the Curzon Soho cinema in London and will shortly tour the UK – more details at vervepics.com
The home of the audio podcast can be found here at www.archive.org and there is also a video podcast available for download or streaming and this will be shortly available on our youtube ‘channel’ as well…
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Free University – How to Make The Perfect Cup Of Coffee

Dr Mark Miodownik – How to Make The Perfect Cup Of Coffee

Mark Miodownik: How to make the perfect cup of coffee.

What elements are involved in the making of a simple beverage. The Director of the Materials Library and Head of the Materials Research Group at King’s College London provides an audibly practical demonstration of the answer.

Visit http://www.materialslibrary.org.uk

Duration: 43:10.

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Panel Borders: The work of Garth Ennis part 1

Panel Borders: The work of Garth Ennis part 1
Originally broadcast 11/09/08 on Resonance FM
Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott talk to one of Britain’s most popular and critically acclaimed comic book writers who’s famous for such mildly controversial titles as Preacher and The Boys, both of which are probably going to be adapted for the small and big screens in the not too distant future. Having worked for the main US publishers: Marvel and DC comics, Garth Ennis has started to take his projects to small companies such as Avatar and Dynamite while in terms of British characters, he’s also written the likes of Judge Dredd for 2000AD and Dan Dare for Virgin comics. (part 1 of 2)

For more info please visit the home of this podcast at archive.org
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Free University – Society as a work of art

Prof Malcolm Miles: Herbert Marcuse’s idea of society as a work of art

Malcolm Miles is Professor of Cultural Theory at the University of Plymouth. Visit www.malcolmmiles.org.uk/


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