lectures/ideas: April 2016

2016-04-29

The illusion of infinity: is there a limit to optical fibre bandwidth? (Polina Bayvel - 11 Feb 2016)

source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures 2016年2月26日
Speaker: Professor Polina Bayvel
UCL Engineering
The development of the optical fibre communication network has sparked the communication revolution and the growth of the internet. Is there a limit to the capacity of an optical fibre channel? This lecture will describe the physics of optical fibre transmission, the limits to achievable data rates and the techniques that can be used to overcome them.

Husserl, Heidegger, and Phenomenology

source: Odiseo 2016年2月2日
Course: No Excuses. Existentialism and The Meaning of Life
Lecture 15: Husserl, Heidegger, and Phenomenology
Professor: Robert. C. Solomon

International Relations (Theory) by Gerard van der Ree

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source: Gerard van der Ree 2014年2月6日
This short lecture gives some backgrounds of the IR theory of Realism, as well as insights into the ways in which Realism has entered into and affected the field of International Relations
International Relations (Theory) by Gerard van der Ree

01 Realism 25:57
02 liberalism 25:26
03 Game Theory 26:41
04 Social Constructivism 29:36
05 Feminism 35:49
06 Marxism 41:04
07 Ethics 41:21
09 Critical Theory 24:25
10 Poststructuralism 42:45
11 Postcolonialism 37:06

Russian Cinema (Rachel Morley - 3 Dec 2015)

source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures 2015年12月11日
Speaker: Rachel Morley
Part of the centenary celebrations of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, this lecture examines Russian cinema in 1915, a key year in the development of this art form. Dr Rachel Morley will provide a snapshot of the richness and sophistication of the pre-Revolutionary Russian film industry.

Dr. Brant Cortright: "The Neurogenesis Diet" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月30日
Important for all knowledge workers, this talk lays out how to powerfully enhance cognitive function by increasing neurogenesis (the process of making new brain cells). New discoveries in neuroscience reveal that your rate of neurogenesis is the most important bio-marker of brain health you’ve never heard of.
Low rates of neurogenesis are associated with cognitive decline, memory problems, stress, anxiety and depression. High rates of neurogenesis are associated with cognitive enhancement, memory improvement, and protection from stress and depression. Most people live in the middle, with adequate but suboptimal brain function.
Brant Cortright, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at CIIS. He is the author of the #1 international bestseller "The Neurogenesis Diet and Lifestyle: Upgrade Your Brain, Upgrade Your Life". He is a clinical psychologist with a consulting practice in cutting-edge brain health and neuroscience-informed depth therapy.
More Info:
www.brantcortright.com
www.neurogenesisdiet.com

Kamal Haasan: "10X: Leadership in Innovation" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月15日
Kamal Haasan is a man of many talents. As an actor, screenwriter, director, producer, playback singer, choreographer, lyricist and dancer across the South Indian and Bollywood movie industries, he has won numerous Indian film awards, including 4 National Film Awards and 19 Filmfare Awards. Haasan has starred in the highest number of films submitted by India for the Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film. A total of 7 films. He is also a 10X thinker and a pioneer in bringing the latest technology to Indian cinema, be it the first Indian movie in digital format (Mumbai Express) or adopting the Auro 3D sound format (Vishwaroopam).
Moderated by Aparna Chennapragada

Existentialist Philosophy and Literature by Gregory B. Sadler

Arguments for Atheism? (Closer to Truth)

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source: Closer To Truth 上次更新: 20160404

Sean Carroll - Arguments for Atheism? 7:07
Victor Stenger (1935-2014) - Atheism's Arguments Against God? 10:12
Alister McGrath - The Rise of Scientific Atheism 4:14
Christopher Isham - The Rise of Scientific Atheism 11:05
A.C. Grayling - What's the New Atheism? 3:57
Julian Baggini - Is Atheism a New Faith? 7:26

Michael Levine on Children’s Reading

source: The RSA 2016年3月26日
As digital media play an ever larger role in children’s lives, how do we develop creative approaches to learning and literacy that capitalize on the benefits of technology, yet remain human-centred and inclusive?
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2016-04-28

Why do cats act so weird? - Tony Buffington

source: TED-Ed 2016年4月26日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-cats...
They’re cute, they’re lovable, and judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million YouTube videos of them, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. But their strange feline behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking: Why do cats do that? Tony Buffington explains the science behind some of your cat’s strangest behaviors.
Lesson by Tony Buffington, animation by Chintis Lundgren.

Ozark Henry & Ronald Prent: "Paramount" Immersive Sound | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月30日
UN Goodwill Ambassador and MTV Europe Music Award nominee Ozark Henry just might have done the impossible: producing a recording that captures the essence of a live performance and placing the audience in the centre of the action. This groundbreaking achievement has earned international acclaim, with Vogue Italia crowning Henry a “quiet revolutionary”.

For this ambitious project, appropriately named Paramount, he teamed up with the 90 piece National Orchestra of Belgium, recording and mixing engineer Ronald Prent and mastering engineer Darcy Proper, 3 time Grammy Award winner. Together they created an album in 3D immersive sound. Henry is the first artist in the world to use this brand new technology on this scale.
Watch the full Ozark Henry documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VfBu...

Eric Brechner: "Agile Project Management with Kanban" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年4月6日
There's a way to organize your work, stay focused, avoid mistakes, and be hyper-productive that you can learn in five minutes using sticky notes and markers. It's been used by Toyota to make cars, by Xbox to build software, and by individuals to maintain sanity. It’s called Kanban, and Eric Brechner, an Xbox development manager, has been using it with multiple teams for the past four years.

Eric’s new book, Agile Project Management with Kanban, has a quick start guide, with illustrations and online spreadsheets to get you productive fast. Other chapters help you estimate work, meet deadlines, deploy results, evolve from Scrum or traditional Waterfall, and integrate Kanban into large projects. Attend this talk in person, and you’ll create your own Kanban board, applying this simple technique to the work you do every day.

Glimpses into Existence: Eleven Key Existentialist Writers by Gregory B. Sadler

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source: Gregory B. Sadler 2014年1月27日/上次更新：2014年12月28日
This is a set of monthly lectures on Existentialist philosophers, novelists, and poets, given at the Kingston Public Library in 2014. (Twelve monthly lectures in a series on Existentialist Philosophy and Literature hosted by the Kingston Library.)

Gregory B. Sadler is the president and co-founder of ReasonIO. The content of this video is provided here as part of ReasonIO's mission of putting philosophy into practice -- making complex philosophical texts and thinkers accessible for students and lifelong learners. If you'd like to make a contribution to help fund Dr. Sadler's ongoing educational projects, you can click here: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/web...

Lecture 1: "What is Existentialism?" 1:01:19
Lecture 2: "Lessons of Socrates and Abraham - Søren Kierkegaard 1:13:17
Lecture 3: Underground Men, Inquisitors, and Saints - Fyodor Dostoevsky 1:23:19
Lecture 4: Overcoming Nihilism After The Death of God - Friedrich Nietzsche 1:32:21
Lecture 5: Poetry and Solitude - Rainer Maria Rilke 1:37:50
Lecture 6: Everything is Possible. . . Even God - Lev Shestov 1:04:08
Lecture 7: Trials, Castles, Insects, and Other Horrors: Franz Kafka 1:27:15
Lecture 8: In Quest of the Human, and of Being - Martin Heidegger 1:31:18
Lecture 9: Does My Freedom Make You Nauseous? -- Jean-Paul Sartre 1:23:09
Lecture 10: Becoming The Other -- Simone de Beauvoir 1:30:05
Lecture 11: Revolt in the Face of the Absurd - Albert Camus 1:23:23
Lecture 12: Existentialist Faith, Hope and Charity - Gabriel Marcel 1:40:04

Harvard Design: Chicago, Technologies Presentation and Discussion

source: Harvard GSD 2016年2月18日
Adaptive Architectures and Smart Materials Conference Day 2: a discussion on the interest in the surfaces of architecture as sites of expression, thermal performance, and material invention. Speakers include Chuck Hoberman, Hanif Kara, Dennis Shelden, and Marc Simmons. Moderated by Mariana Ibañez.

Harvard Design: Chicago, Materials Presentations and Discussion

source: Harvard GSD 2016年2月18日
Adaptive Architectures and Smart Materials Conference Day 2: a panel discussion examining the emergence of a new approach to materials—moving from a more traditional view of their evocative qualities to a contemporary focus on performance. Featuring Gail Peter Borden MArch ’00, Sheila Kennedy MArch ’84, Jan Knippers, Monica Ponce de Leon MAUD ’91, and Skylar Tibbits. Moderated by Kiel Moe MDesS ’03.

Harvard Design: Chicago, Histories Presentation and Discussion

source: Harvard GSD 2016年2月19日
Adaptive Architectures and Smart Materials Conference Day 1: a panel discussion with Aaron Betsky, Eve Blau, Blaine Brownell, Todd Gannon, and Terence Riley that examines contemporary material innovations within the context of historic investigations.

Harvard Design: Chicago, Keynote Discussion

source: Harvard GSD 2016年2月18日
Adaptive Architectures and Smart Materials Conference Day 1:Keynote by Elizabeth Diller, Professor of Architecture at Princeton University and founding partner of Diller, Scofidio + Renfro.

Harvard Design: Chicago, Ecologies Presentation and Discussion

source: Harvard GSD 2016年2月18日
Adaptive Architectures and Smart Materials Conference Day 2: a presentation and discussion which links projects that incorporate new materials, systems and strategies, including smart glass, kinetic envelopes, and innovative building systems. Panelists for the discussion include Frank Barkow MArch ’90, Jeanne Gang MArch ’93, Martin Henn, Michael Meredith MArch ’00, and Matthias Schuller. Moderated by Florian Idenburg.

Harvard Design: Chicago, Adaptive Architectures and Smart Materials Conference

source: Harvard GSD 2016年2月18日
Harvard Design: Chicago kicks off with the “Adaptive Architectures and Smart Materials Conference,” which will investigate the potential of innovative processes and technology for architecture and industry. Made possible through the generous support of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, the Conference features over 20 thought leaders, academics, building scientists, and practitioners as presenters and discussion participants. For more information, visit http://www.groundedvisionaries.org/ev...

2016-04-27

Agriculture and elephants: wiriting in rural Babylonia (Eleanor Robson - 1 Dec 2015)

source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures 2015年12月11日
Speaker: Professor Eleanor Robson
Archaeological excavations at Tell Khaiber in southern Iraq are revealing exciting new insights into Babylonian life in the mid-second millennium BC. Join Professor Eleanor Robson as she shares her latest findings and explains why there is still so much to learn about the ancient past.

The Turing test: Can a computer pass for a human? - Alex Gendler

source: TED-Ed 2016年4月25日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-turing-...
What is consciousness? Can an artificial machine really think? For many, these have been vital considerations for the future of artificial intelligence. But British computer scientist Alan Turing decided to disregard all these questions in favor of a much simpler one: Can a computer talk like a human? Alex Gendler describes the Turing test and details some of its surprising results.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Patrick Smith.

Paul Horowitz: "The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence" | Talks at...

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月21日
Paul Horowitz visited Google's office in Cambridge, MA to discuss the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project at Harvard University.
Establishing an electromagnetic communications link across a thousand light-years presents unique technological challenges. In his talk, Prof. Horowitz visits some highlights of the science and technology of SETI -- Do THEY exist? Is communication possible? What is the best way? Is this just completely insane? -- and describes interesting searches his project and others have been doing.
Paul Horowitz is a Research Professor of Physics and of Electrical Engineering at Harvard, and is co-author of The Art of Electronics.
SETI at Harvard was supported in part by grants from NASA, The Planetary Society, and the Bosack/Kruger Charitable Foundation.
Sidney Harris cartoon © ScienceCartoonsPlus.com, used with permission.

Kira Asatryan: "Stop Being Lonely" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月29日
Author and relationship expert Kira Asatryan visits Google to discuss her new book, "Stop Being Lonely".
Loneliness isn’t something that only happens when we are physically alone. Many of us feel lonely when we are with other people, too. Relationships and friendships that feel hollow - not to mention numerous online friends or followers - don’t add up to much when you crave fulfilling human interaction.
Stop Being Lonely proposes that satisfying, long-term relationships and friendships are not a mystery to be left up to chance (or technology). There is help for loneliness. Loneliness has a reliable antidote: the feeling of closeness. If we actively cultivate closeness in our lives we will indeed stop being lonely.
This talk was moderated by Dave Marx.

Paul Scheer, David Wain, Jonathan Stern | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月14日
Comedy superstars Paul Scheer, David Wain, and Jonathan Stern stop by Google to discuss the influence of the internet on comedy, the development of 360 degree fart VR, and their various upcoming projects.
Paul Scheer is known for Fresh Off the Boat, The League, Human Giant, NTSF:SD:SUV and the upcoming Party Over Here.
David Wain is known for Wet Hot American Summer, Children's Hospital, Stella, and The State. Jonathan Stern is known for producing Wet Hot American Summer, Children's Hospital, and NTSF:SD:SUV.
Moderated by Dana Han-Klein

Ancient Philosophy: The Stoic School (by Gregory B. Sadler)

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source: Gregory B. Sadler 2014年11月24日
Videos on the ancient Stoic school of Philosophy, including Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and other authors -- some of them lecture videos from my classes, some from Stoic week, some from invited lectures, and others of them shorter Core Concept videos.

Stoicism Week 2014 - Day 1: The Week, The Class, And Why Stoicism Matters 35:00
Stoicism Week 2014- Day 2: Marcus Tullius Cicero's Stoic Paradoxes 1:00:23
Stoicism Week 2014- Day 3: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, On Anger 42:00
Stoicism Week 2014- Day 4: Epictetus, The Enchiridion 37:53
Stoicism Week 2014- Day 5: Epictetus, Discourses - Rightly Understanding Anger 28:53
Stoicism Week 2014- Day 6: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations - Rightly Understanding Anger 35:06
Stoicism Week 2014- Day 7: End of Week Reflections 22:40
Stoic Week 2015 - Day 1: Starting the Week 8:40
Stoic Week 2015 - Day 2: Cicero's On the Ends (De Finibus) 42:23
Stoic Week 2015 - Day 3: Cicero's On Duties (De Officiis) 46:06
Stoic Week 2015 - Day 4: Cicero's Tusculan Disputations 39:57
Stoic Week 2015 - Day 5: Four Components of a Happy Life 1:17:57
Stoic Week 2015 - Day 6: Cicero's On the Nature of the Gods (De Natura Deorum) 32:37
Stoic Week 2015 - Day 7: Reflections From Stoic Week 53:04
Intro to Philosophy: Cicero, On the Nature of the Gods, book 1 1:02:42
Intro to Philosophy: Cicero, On the Nature of the Gods book 2 58:32
Intro to Philosophy: Cicero, On the Nature of the Gods, book 3 1:06:07
Stoic Ethics (Epictetus' Enchiridion and Discourses) 1:32:05
World Views and Values: Epictetus, Discourses (lecture 1) 26:42
World Views and Values: Epictetus, Discourses (lecture 2) 28:26
World Views and Values: Epictetus, Discourses (lecture 3) 29:33
World Views and Values: Epictetus, Discourses (lecture 4) 33:31
World Views and Values: Epictetus, Discourses (lecture 5) 31:11
Understanding Anger Lecture 5 - Emperors and Slaves Above the Passions: Stoic Philosophers on Anger 1:40:15
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus, What Is and What Isn't in our Control 24:38
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on the Beginning of Philosophy 11:16
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus, Rationality, the Ruling Part 14:34
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on The Faculty of Choice (Prohairesis) 13:43
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus, Knowing the Prices of Things 17:24
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Familial Affection 10:53
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Subjecting Desires to Other People 16:49
Philosophy Core Concepts: The Use of Argument and Logic 10:43
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Understanding and Addressing Anger 20:53
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Preconceptions (Proleipseis) 16:03
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Duties, Roles, and Relationships 13:13
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Confidence, Caution, and Concern 13:15
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Indifference in Things 11:57
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Anxiety (Agonia) 15:37
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Habits and Practice 14:15
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Inconsistency and Moral Failings 15:07
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Conditions for Genuine Friendship 15:39
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Human Relations to the Divine 14:59
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on the Three Fields (Topoi) of Study 12:18
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Authority and Moral Example 11:41
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Personal Appearance and Beauty 16:58
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Processes of Practical Reasoning 18:59
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Training (Askesis) 16:26
Philosophy Core Concepts Epictetus on Solitude or Forlornness 15:29
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus' Criticisms of Academic Skepticism 11:17
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus' Criticisms of Epicureanism 15:10
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus' Evaluation of Cynicism 14:22
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Dealing with Appearances 15:18
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Dealing with Illness 14:39
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Irrational Fears 15:36
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus On The Master Argument 8:42
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Stubbornness or Obstinancy 12:33
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Contentiousness And Its Opposite 9:49
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Cleanliness and Purification 13:18
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on False Peace and Leisure as Ends 12:07
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Not Wanting Pity 15:37
Philosophy Core Concepts: Socrates as a Stoic Sage 11:21
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on the Nature of Freedom 16:30
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on the Profession of a Stoic Philosopher 17:12
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Willing What God Wills 16:35
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus and Stoic Cosmopolitanism 12:43
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Lust and Adultery 16:53
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Social Intercourse 15:06
Philosophy Core Concepts: Attention or Mindfulness 15:36
Philosophy Core Concepts: Epictetus on Divine Providence 17:54

Sustainable Development Goals

source: The RSA 2016年3月24日
In 2015, Ban Ki-moon announced the new sustainable development goals as a ‘to-do list for people and planet’. What role should the UK play to help achieve these vital global goals?
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2016-04-26

When Neighbors Become Violent: Struggles with the Democracy of Everyday Life

source: Harvard University 2016年3月4日
Nancy Rosenblum
Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government
Harvard University

Abstract
Our lives at home are afflicted by neighbors’ ordinary offenses. They are deranged by violent neighbors: random and organized violence, government sponsored betrayal and government condoned murder. Neighbors hold our lives in their hands. When elements of neighborliness survive extreme situations, they have extraordinary ethical force. Rosenblum shows why, and explores the significance of “good neighbors” for democracy in America.

Karen Wynn - What Babies Can Tell Us About Good and Evil (Science on Saturdays at Yale)

source: Yale University 2016年4月11日
Science on Saturdays is an award-winning lecture series that features scientists whose passion for their work inspires us all. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations by Yale college students. Science on Saturdays provides an opportunity for Yale scientists and residents of New Haven and beyond to come together over a shared sense of wonder. On April 9th, Karen Wynn asks us the questions: Is morality inherent to the human condition? Are babies born knowing the difference between good and bad, or do they have to learn this?

Cafe Scientifique: Forgetting Names: Should I Be Worried?

source: Stanford Blood Center 2016年3月24日
with Sharon J. Sha, MD, MS, Clinical Assistant Professor,, Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford Center for Memory Disorders.
Learn the distinguishing characteristics of age-related memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and what we can do to protect ourselves.

The Optimistic Environmentalist: Planning for a 100% Renewable Future

source: Simon Fraser University 2016年1月14日
Dr. David R. Boyd, Adjunct Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University; Environmental Lawyer and Author.
Dr. Boyd discusses the remarkable renewable energy revolution that is underway globally, with the rate of growth in wind and solar repeatedly surpassing expert projections. Canada’s progress will be evaluated, and the city of Vancouver’s plan for becoming fossil fuel free by 2050 will be introduced.

Biodiversity and thinking outside the box: Literature and Place

source: Cambridge University 2016年4月14日
How is the environment represented in children’s books? Can we talk to children about climate change through literature? These sorts of questions interest Dr Jenny Bavidge, Senior Lecturer in the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of English and Institute of Continuing Education, who explains here about how her work on literature connects with research in biodiversity conservation.

This film is one of a series of eight that showcases the extent that conservation-related research is embedded in a wide range of academic fields and involves collaboration with non-academic partners beyond the University. The films are produced by the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute (UCCRI), which was established in October 2013 to foster a cross-disciplinary approach within the University of Cambridge.

“Conservation is primarily underpinned by human behaviour and it is therefore vital to understand the social factors, such as cultural drivers or geographical patterns, which shape our environment, as well as developing our biological and scientific knowledge.” Dr Bhaskar Vira, Director of UCCRI.

Keywords: conservation, biodiversity, environment, Cambridge, research, children, literature, English, reading, climate change, books, nature writing
Creative Director: Alison Harvey
University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute: http://research-institute.conservatio...
Video, Sound and Edit by Toby Smith
UCCRI - Leverhulme Trust Artist in Residence 2015/2016
www.tobysmith.com

From gases to gloops: instabilities in fluids (Helen Wilson - 23 Feb 2016)

source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures 2016年3月2日
Speaker: Dr Helen Wilson
UCL Mathematics
Fluid flows make up so much of our world, from the atmosphere and oceans to volcanic lava. They are also key to many biological processes, and almost everything we use goes through a fluid stage in its manufacture. Dr Helen Wilson shows how these fluid flows can become unstable and explains some of the mechanisms at work.

Matt Harkins & Viviana Olen: "The Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Mu...

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月28日
The Tonya Harding Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Museum is located in the hallway of Matt Harkins & Viviana Olen's apartment. When the two moved into the Brooklyn apartment together, their long front hallway seemed to be wasted space. But after watching a documentary on Netflix called "The Price of Gold" by Nanette Burstein, the roommates were inspired to turn the hallway into something more: a very real museum with very real artifacts surrounding Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan, and the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. They have since used a successful Kickstarter to craft the hall into a curated collection of primary artifacts, videos, and art that recounts the careers of the two famous skaters, the scandal that catapulted them into the national spotlight, and how the media sculpted its narrative of the incident for years afterwards.
Moderated by Aaron Zemach.

Eric Weiner: "Geography of Genius" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年4月6日
In his new book "Geography of Genius", the New York Times bestselling author and former NPR correspondent Eric Weiner sets out to examine the connection between our surroundings and our most innovative ideas.
Moderated by Susan Molinari and Vint Cerf.

20th Century Philosophy: Alasdair MacIntyre by Gregory B. Sadler

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source: Gregory B. Sadler 2011年9月11日/上次更新：2013年9月15日
Videos devoted to the thought of the great 20-21st century Virtue Ethicist, Alasdair MacIntyre

Ethics: MacIntyre's Plain Persons & Moral Philosopy 58:15
Virtue Ethics and Emotivism: Alasdair MacIntyre and Jean-Paul Sartre 49:30
Emotivism in Contemporary Culture: Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue ch. 2-3 1:36:39
Philosophy Core Concepts: MacIntyre, Universal and Particular Moral Questions 15:41
Philosophy Core Concepts: MacIntyre, Narrative and Moral Development 22:06
Philosophy Core Concepts: MacIntyre, Meaning and Use of Moral Language 7:28
Philosophy Core Concepts: MacIntyre, Emotivism as a Moral Theory (After Virtue, ch. 2-3) 17:22
Philosophy Core Concepts: MacIntyre, Emotivist Culture and Characters 17:43
An Overlooked Medieval Occasion: Anselm on Moral Inquiry, Justice, Virtues and Vices 57:08
Philosophy Core Concepts: MacIntyre on Goods, Rules, and Virtues 18:00

Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered? (Closer to Truth)

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source: Closer To Truth 上次更新20160404

Steven Weinberg - Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered? 8:42
Roger Penrose - Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered? 4:15
Stephen Wolfram - Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered 4:17
Stephen Wolfram - Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered? 10:09

2016-04-25

Wim Wenders. Ultimate test to 3D language. 2015

source: European Graduate School 2016年4月16日
http://egs.edu/ Wim Wenders, Professor of Film at The European Graduate School / EGS. On his approach to 3D and film-making. Fragment of a lecture for the students of the Division of Philosophy, Art & Critical Thought at the European Graduate School EGS, Saas-Fee, Switzerland. 2015.

Wim Wenders (b. 1945) is a film director, writer, and photographer. He is a professor of film at The European Graduate School / EGS and Professor für Narrativen Film at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. Wenders is considered one of the most important figures to have emerged from the “New German Cinema” in the 1970s and was a founding member of the German film distribution company “Filmverlag der Autoren”. In 1977, he established his own production company in Berlin, “Road Movies,” which has produced many of his films, as well as numerous films by Ken Loach. Wenders received the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or in 1984 for his movie Paris, Texas, the Golden Lion at the 1982 Venice Film Festival for The State of Things, and won best director at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for Wings of Desire. He has also been nominated three times for the Academy Awards for his films Buena Vista Social Club (2000), Pina (2012), and, most recently, The Salt of the Earth (2015).

Born in Düsseldorf, Wenders grew up in Düsseldorf, Koblenz and the surrounding areas. His early studies followed in the footsteps of his father with Wenders spending a year studying medicine in Freiburg (1963-1964), followed by a year studying philosophy (1964-1965). However, in 1966, he dropped out of university and moved to Paris to become a painter. In Paris, he worked as an engraver and has often described this period as the loneliest time of his life. As a result, he started to spend more and more time at Henri Langlois’s Cinémathèque and became enchanted by film, watching more than five films per day. After this experience, he returned to Germany and attended the University of Television and Film in Munich from 1967 to 1970, where he also began working as a film critic for Süddeutsche Zeitung and Filmkritik.

Wenders’s directorial debut was also his thesis film, Summer in the City, produced in 1970. This film also marks the start of a long and fruitful collaboration with his frequent cinematographer Robby Müller. His second film, The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty (1972), marked the beginning of another important collaboration––that with the Austrian writer Peter Handke. The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty was Wender’s adaptation of Handke’s critically acclaimed novel. Handke also wrote the script for Wenders’s movie The Wrong Move (1975) and co-wrote with Wenders the script for Wings of Desire (1987). Wenders sees the primary theme of this period in his career as “the Americanization of Germany.”

Currently, Wim Wenders’s work explores 3D as a new language of filmmaking. The films If Buildings Could Talk (2010), Pina (2011), and Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) approach this question from different perspectives. If Buildings Could Talk, Wenders’s short film about The Berlin Philharmonic, within the six-part omnibus Cathedrals of Culture (2014), uses 3D technology to offer a unique experience of architectural space, while Pina (2011), about dance choreographer Pina Bausch and her company, attempts to present movement, dance, and physicality in a new and visceral way. According to Wenders, 3D technology possesses hidden revolutionary potential that still remains unexplored. He insists that the language of 3D makes everything more visible, more emphatic––including the acting––as in Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015), the slightest show of emotion is perceived as “overacting,” and as such, this technique demands a new approach from the actor. According to Wenders, the 3D camera fundamentally questions and alters the profession of an actor, and therefore creates a completely new mindset both for the making and perception of films.

Presently, Wim Wenders and his wife, photographer Donata Wenders, live in Berlin. In the fall of 2012, they established the Wim Wenders Foundation situated in Düsseldorf. By acquiring the rights to all of his films, including those currently held by third parties, its primary aim is to make Wim Wenders’s oeuvre permanently accessible to the public at large. As well, the foundation provides a stipend, the Wim Wenders Bursary, for young filmmakers and artists “whose vision is to tell stories with new aesthetic and technical means and to enrich and renew our visual language.”

Why is being scared so fun? - Margee Kerr

source: TED-Ed 2016年4月21日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-l...
At this very moment, people are lining up somewhere to scare themselves, be it with a thrill-ride or a horror movie. In fact, in October of 2015 alone, about 28 million people visited a haunted house in the US. But you might wonder: What could possibly be fun about being scared? Margee Kerr examines the biology and psychology behind what makes fear so fun.
Lesson by Margee Kerr, animation by Meduzaz animation studio.

Stanford engineers build a one-of-a-kind wind tunnel for birds and drones

source: Stanford 2016年4月22日
Stanford engineering professor David Lentink plans to use a new wind tunnel to learn the magic of bird flight and apply it to building better aerial robots.

Defining the Humanities: Prehistoric Archaeology

source: Stanford 2016年4月21日
Associate Professor of Anthropology John Rick discusses prehistoric archaeology and the significance of an ancient site in Peru known as Chavín de Huántar.

From AIDS to Zika: Institutional Innovation and Global Health

source: Simon Fraser University 2016年4月22日
SFU President’s Faculty Lecture featuring Dr. Kelley Lee, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair & Professor of Health Sciences presenting: ‘From AIDS to Zika: Institutional innovation and global health.’

Childhood maltreatment through the lens of neuroscience and epigenetics ...

source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures 2016年3月2日
Speaker: Professor Eamon McCrory
UCL Psychology and Language Sciences
Childhood maltreatment is a strong predictor of mental and physical ill health. How does such adversity 'get under the skin'? Latent vulnerability is one way of thinking about how maltreatment calibrates biological and neurocognitive systems, in ways that may be adaptive in the short-term but incur long-term costs.

H E I D I L E E: "3D Print Fashion Maker" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月23日
Design alchemist and Silicon Valley Fashion Week participant H E I D I L E E will visit Google's The Garage to share her creative process and insights into 3D fashion making.
A RISD graduate and recipient of the 2012 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Accessory Design Award, H E I D I L E E is a NYC-based artist and designer whose hats have featured in VOGUE, V, Visionaire, Dazed & Confused, MTV, SHOWstudio, NYT, The Creators Project, etc. Selected exhibitions include MOSI Museum’s “3D Printing the Future” and MAD Museum’s “MAD Biennial: NYC Makers”. Her clientele range from Anne Hathaway to G-Dragon to Lady Gaga.

Francis Chan: "How to Get to Heaven from Silicon Valley" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月14日
New York Times Bestselling author Francis Chan puts perspective into what truly matters in life. Ideas from his most recent book "Crazy Love" have inspired religious and secular adherents to adopt a new outlook on what it means to make an impact.
Francis will document his own story from transforming from a celebrity in the Christian community to giving up his fame and lucrative job to serve those in San Francisco's Bayshore community. The event was hosted by go/Love, Google's private community for those who want to use their religious or humanitarian beliefs to make a positive difference.

20th Century Philosophy: W.D. Ross by Gregory B. Sadler

Innovate: Jennifer Bonner, "Close Reading of the Good Ol’ Ordinary"

source: Harvard GSD 2016年2月23日
02/23/16: A standard gable, with a camel-backed hip, combined with a rotated gable, connected by a shed, all populated with multiple dormers, and lastly, a mini-gable bump in the back is what I see. What do you see? These are a few of the terms for making a close reading of ordinary rooflines in domesticity. The close reading, otherwise known as formal analysis, is a way of looking at art and architecture’s most prestigious. The talk will present a case for the ordinary and its role in architectural production. At the close of the talk, the presenter requests that the audience make another close reading of the forms presented just moments beforehand. Close readings on close reading. Born in Alabama, Jennifer Bonner, MArch '09, is the owner of MALL and Assistant Professor at Harvard GSD. She is founder of a Guide to the Dirty South with forthcoming titles in Atlanta and New Orleans. Her research and design work has been published in various journals, including Architectural Review, Architectural Record, Wallpaper, a+t, DAMn, ART PAPERS, PLAT, and MAS Context. Bonner has exhibited at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, National Building Museum in Washington DC, Association of Architects of Catalonia in Barcelona, WUHO Gallery in Los Angeles, HistoryMIAMI, and most recently at the Istanbul Design Biennial.

2016-04-22

Reasoning from Race: Feminism, Law, and the Civil Rights Revolution

source: BrooklynMuseum 2013年6月5日
Serena Mayeri, Professor of Law and History at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, discusses the intersection of feminism, law, and the civil rights revolution. The talk considers the case of African American activist Pauli Murray, who confronted the injustice she called "Jane Crow" when she was informed in 1944 that she was "not of the sex" entitled to attend Harvard Law School. In the 1960s and 1970s, the analogies between sex and race discrimination pioneered by Murray became potent weapons in the battle for women's rights, as feminists borrowed rhetoric and legal arguments from the civil rights movement. Mayeri's lecture explores the development and consequences of this key feminist strategy.
This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on December 10, 2011. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.
www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/video/

Cornel West: Whither America: Decline or Renewal?

source: Joe Friendly 2013年4月24日
Cornel R. West discusses issues of economic justice and the fate of America at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City April 23, 2013. Event sponsored by both the All Souls Lifelines Program and Peace and Justice Task Force. Cornel West, Ph.D is Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Camera: Joe Friendly

Phenomenology crash course (beginnings and key themes) - Wayne Martin

source: University of Essex 2010年8月9日
Phenomenology is a central concern for Philosophy at Essex. Each year we offer at least one MA module in phenomenology and many current PhD students are currently exploring phenomenological approaches to subjects such as perception, ethics and psychiatric disorder.
To find out more go to: http://www.essex.ac.uk/philosophy/res...

'This should be fun!': consent, sex and wronging (Veronique Munoz-Darde - 1 March 2016)

source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures 2016年3月7日
Speaker: Professor Veronique Munoz-Darde
UCL Philosophy
Join Professor Veronique Munoz-Darde as she explores the moral significance of consent in general, of consent to sex in particular and what should count as non-consensual bodily invasion.

David Nihill: "Do You Talk Funny?" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月23日
David Nihill has walked—and talked—in your shoes. The Irish-born author went from being deathly afraid of standing in front of an audience to hosting a business conference, regularly performing stand-up routines, and winning storytelling competitions in front of packed houses.
He did it by learning from some of the world’s best public speakers: stand-up comics. In what doesn't sound like the best plan ever, David decided to overcome his fears by pretending to be an accomplished comedian called "Irish Dave" for one full year, crashing as many comedy clubs, festivals, and shows as possible. One part of the plan was at least logical: he was already Irish and already called Dave.
David joins us to share the principles of stand-up comedy and how they can be applied to all public speaking.
This talk was moderated by Chet Haase.

Reggie Watts & Benjamin Dickinson: "Creative Control" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月10日
Comedian/musician Reggie Watts & writer/director/actor Ben Dickinson stop by Google to discuss their SxSW Film Festival hit film "Creative Control."
In theaters Nationwide March 11
Moderated by Kevin Vlk

About Creative Control
The setting is New York, 5 minutes in the future. The glorious technological advances and communication devices of the near future meant to increase connectivity and alleviate boredom are only increasing the anxiety level of the insecure New Yorkers who've inherited them. David (writer/director Benjamin Dickinson) is an overworked, tech-addled advertising executive developing a high-profile marketing campaign for a new generation of Augmented Reality glasses. Feeling stuck in his relationship with yoga teacher Juliette (Nora Zehetner, BRICK, IFC's "Maron"), he envies the charmed life of his best friend, fashion photographer Wim (Dan Gill, THE WEDDING RINGER) and his entrancing girlfriend Sophie (Alexia Rasmussen, CALIFORNIA SOLO) - so he uses the glasses to develop a life-like avatar of her. Unwittingly, fantasy and reality begin to blur. As passions escalate and things get increasingly out of hand, the friends are forced to deal with the impending collision between their public, private and imaginary lives.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/IDCcO7uGQQk
http://www.magpictures.com/creativeco...

20th Century Philosophy: Martin Heidegger by Gregory B. Sadler

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source: Gregory B. Sadler 2014年9月8日/上次更新日期：2014年10月26日
A set of course videos (mainly from my ongoing Existentialism course) discussing texts and main ideas of the great phenomenologist philosopher, Martin Heidegger.

Glimpses into Existence Lecture 8: In Quest of the Human, and of Being - Martin Heidegger 1:31:18
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, On the Essence of Truth 1:09:09
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, "What is Metaphysics?" 59:18
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, "The Question Concerning Technology" (part 1) 1:03:40
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology (part 2) 1:19:23
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, The Origin of the Work of Art (part 1) 1:03:45
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, The Origin of the Work of Art (part 2) 1:12:55
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, The Origin of the Work of Art (part 3) 1:05:15

Daniel Dennett - What is the Mind-Body Problem?

source: Closer To Truth 2014年6月30日
How is it possible that mushy masses of brain cells, passing chemicals and shooting sparks, can cause mental sensations and subjective feelings? How can brain chemistry and electricity be 'about' things?
For more videos on the mind-body problem click here http://bit.ly/1ItBBHw
For more on information on Daniel Dennett click here http://bit.ly/1y49TBd

Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem? (Closer to Truth)

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source: Closer To Truth 上次更新20160404

John Searle - Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem? 10:46
Ned Block - Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem? 5:08
Marvin Minsky - Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem? 7:32
Henry Stapp - Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem? 4:32

RSA Replay: Evicted: Poverty & Profit in the American City

source: The RSA 2016年3月22日
Lack of affordable housing is one of the defining social justice issues of our times. Eviction can lead to a cascade of events that can trap families in a cycle of poverty for years.
Matthew Desmond is a social scientist and ethnographer, co-director of the Justice and Poverty Project at Harvard University, and a 2015 MacArthur ‘Genius’ award winner.
In this election year, Desmond’s landmark work of reportage Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City offers a searing portrait of the contemporary US, where fewer and fewer people can afford a roof over their head.
At the RSA, Matthew Desmond is joined by Shelter’s CEO Campbell Robb; journalist Owen Jones and Sky News editor Afua Hirsch, to explore the impact of eviction on the lives of the urban poor and its role in perpetuating racial and economic inequality.

2016-04-21

Still lives: death, desire and the portrait of the Old Master (Maria Loh...

source: 2016年3月7日

Speaker: Dr Maria Loh
UCL History of Art

Michelangelo was one of the biggest international artists of his time, but being Michelangelo was not easy: he was stalked by fans, lauded and lambasted by critics and depicted in unauthorised portraits. This talk will examine the processes by which artists such as Michelangelo, Sofonisba Anguissola and Titian became early modern celebrities.

Ovarian Cancer screening: the long journey (Usha Menon - 10 March 2016)

source: 2016年3月18日

Speaker: Professor Usha Menon

Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of death from gynaecological malignancies. Professor Usha Menon speaks about her group's 30- years journey and one of the largest randomised controlled trials ever involving more that 202,000 British women to try to establish whether a screening programme may save lives.

[臺大探索第14期]一方程式見宇宙 (2015)

# 自動播放清單 (請按左上角)

source: 臺大科學教育發展中心影音平台 2015年10月12日

探索14-1講座：美是均衡中有錯愕 —「完美的理論」100周年 / 陳丕燊教授 2:27:13
探索14-2講座：廣義相對論的新世紀 — 從難以置信到不可或缺 / 陳義裕教授 2:22:19
探索14-3講座：「穿越」時空找行星 / 辜品高副研究員 2:13:48
探索14-4講座：夜晚的天空為何是黑的？ — 從靜態宇宙到動態宇宙 / 張慈錦助研究員 1:58:45
探索14-5講座：黑暗的年代：暗能量和暗物質稱霸武林的天下 / 高文芳教授 2:21:45
探索14-6講座：黑洞與量子力學：從霍京輻射到火墻悖論 / 王元君研究員 2:09:00
探索14-7講座：量子重力場論 — 物理的最終前沿？/陳丕燊教授 2:15:50
探索14-8講座：廣義相對論與數學 / 丘成桐教授 1:51:09

Cornel West: Race Matters

source: UWTV 2014年1月13日
Cornel West—a self-described intellectual freedom fighter influenced by the Baptist church, American transcendentalism, the Black Panthers and European philosophy—seeks to revive the best of liberalism, populism and democratic socialism. In this talk, West teaches that racial division fosters the poverty, paranoia, fear and distrust that undermine our nation's democratic process.

Cornel West, professor of Afro-American Studies and Philosophy of Religion, Harvard University
04/27/2001

Phenomenology crash course (Levinas) - Peter Dews

source: University of Essex 2010年8月9日

丘成桐：廣義相對論與數學 (探索14-8講座)

source: 臺大科學教育發展中心影音平台 2015年12月22日
一百年前的1915年，愛因斯坦寫下了他的著名方程，揭示了重力與動態時空的本質。愛因斯坦的發現被認為是人類文明史上最偉大的成就之一。他最初的想法是試圖將物理學的兩大重要理論—牛頓重力理論與狹義相對論統一起來。愛因斯坦應用黎曼幾何中的張量理論，發現了著名的愛因斯坦方程式，並用之成功解釋了水星進動現象和預言太陽邊緣的恒星光線由於時空曲率會導致彎曲。
孤立物理系統中品質的正定性質是廣義相對論中的一個基本問題。這個問題在35年前被我和Schoen用幾何分析方法解決。另一個長期公開的難題是關於擬局部品質的定義，最近由王慕道，陳柏寧和我給出了解答。
活動官網：http://case.ntu.edu.tw/ex/Einstein
2015/12/19 pm2：00 ,臺灣大學應用力學館國際會議廳

Mark Dybul: "Medical Moonshots - Eliminating HIV, TB & Malaria" | Talks ...

source: Talks at Google 2016年3月24日
The Global Fund has a bold vision many may think impossible: a world free of the burden of HIV, TB and malaria. Mark Dybul talks about some of The Global Fund’s strategies for solving this complex, distributed problem, and the need for innovation and technology to help accelerate the end of these diseases as epidemics.
Mark has worked on HIV and public health for more than 25 years as a clinician, scientist and teacher. He was also a founding architect and driving force behind the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) under George W. Bush, and served as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator though 2009.

Sean B. Carroll: "The Serengeti Rules" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年4月6日
How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In The Serengeti Rules, award-winning biologist and author Sean Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to such simple yet profoundly important questions, and shows how their discoveries matter for our health and the health of the planet we depend upon.
One of the most important revelations about the natural world is that everything is regulated—there are rules that regulate the amount of every molecule in our bodies and rules that govern the numbers of every animal and plant in the wild. And the most surprising revelation about the rules that regulate life at such different scales is that they are remarkably similar—there is a common underlying logic of life. Carroll recounts how our deep knowledge of the rules and logic of the human body has spurred the advent of revolutionary life-saving medicines, and makes the compelling case that it is now time to use the Serengeti Rules to heal our ailing planet.
A bold and inspiring synthesis by one of our most accomplished biologists and gifted storytellers, The Serengeti Rules is the first book to illuminate how life works at vastly different scales. Read it and you will never look at the world the same way again.
Sean B. Carroll is an award-winning scientist, writer, educator, and executive producer. He is vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Allan Wilson Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His books include Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Brave Genius, and Remarkable Creatures, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for nonfiction. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Reviews:
"A thought-provoking challenge to complacency."--Kirkus
Endorsements:
"A master storyteller, Carroll explores the unity of biology from the molecular level to the Serengeti, the rules that

20th Century Philosophy: Albert Camus by Gregory B. Sadler

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source: Gregory B. Sadler 2012年11月27日/上次更新：2014年6月16日
In this video, I examine Albert Camus' classic existentialist novel, The Stranger, and explore some of its philosophical themes. I also discuss its central character, Meursault, his seeming lack of character, and whether he exemplifies the "absurd man" of Camus' essay "The Myth of Sisyphus"

Existentialism: Albert Camus,The Stranger 1:03:26
Existentialism: Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (part 1) 59:30
Existentialism: Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (part 2) 59:13
Philosophy Core Concepts: Albert Camus and the Absurd 20:23
Existentialism: Albert Camus,The Myth of Sisyphus (part 3 and end) 1:02:19

Jean-Louis Cohen, "The Art of Zigzag: Le Corbusier’s Politics"

source: Harvard GSD 2016年2月29日
2/25/16
The concomitant publication in 2015 of three books about Le Corbusier, all of them critical of his ideological failings, triggered heated polemics focusing on his engagement with the leading political forces of the first half of the twentieth century. Yet the view held by these authors, for whom Le Corbusier was a man viscerally committed to far-right groups, does not stand up to a more comprehensive analysis of his political passions. Le Corbusier was also engaged in a cyclical flirtation with the Left and other forces. Perhaps the time has come to consider him less as an agent of political power than a manipulator who tried to exploit political powers in order to achieve his own architectural and urban goals.
Jean-Louis Cohen is Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at New York University, specializing in nineteenth- and twentieth-century architecture and urbanism in Germany, France, Italy, Russia and North America, as well as contemporary issues in architecture, town planning, and landscape design. He is also a Chevalier des Arts & Lettres in France and a member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and the Russian Academy of Architecture. He is author of several books and was curator of the 2013 exhibition Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.
Image: Le Corbusier, project for a monument to Paul Vaillant-Couturier, 1938, partial perspective view. © Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris.

2016-04-20

Telling Stories?: family life and social science research (Ann Phoenix - 26 Nov 2015)

source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures 2015年12月1日
Speaker: Professor Ann Phoenix, Thomas Coram research unit, Dept of Social Sciences, UCL Institute of Education
While narrative methods are increasingly used in the social sciences, some remain sceptical about whether stories have more than a peripheral part to play. This talk draws on a large research programme – Narratives of Varied Everyday Lives and Linked Approaches (NOVELLA) – to argue in favour.

The surprising reason you feel awful when you're sick - Marco A. Sotomayor

source: TED-Ed 2016年4月19日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-surpris...
It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and you lose your appetite. It’s official: you’ve got the flu. It’s logical to assume that this miserable medley of symptoms is the result of the infection coursing through your body — but is that really the case? Marco A. Sotomayor explains what’s actually making you feel sick.
Lesson by Marco A. Sotomayor, animation by Henrik Malmgren.

bell hooks - Are You Still a Slave? Liberating the Black Female Body | Eugene Lang College

source: The New School 2014年5月7日
The New School (http://www.newschool.edu) presents a conversation with bell hooks, scholar-in-residence at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (http://www.newschool.edu/lang) and other leading voices in black feminism and the LGBTQ community: author Marci Blackman (Tradition), film director Shola Lynch (Free Angela and All Political Prisoners), and author and activist Janet Mock (Redefining Realness), about liberating the black female body.

For more than three decades, bell hooks (née Gloria Watkins) has been recognized internationally as a scholar, poet, author, and radical thinker. The dozens of books and articles she has published span several genres, including cultural and political analyses and critiques, personal memoirs, poetry collections, and children's books. Her writings cover topics of gender, race, class, spirituality, teaching, and the significance of media in contemporary culture. According to Dr. hooks, these topics must be understood as interconnected in the production of systems of oppression and class domination.

The bell hooks residency at The New School is an opportunity for students to engage with education as a practice of freedom. They can participate in a series of intimate conversations and public dialogues on subjects ranging from politics to love, race to spirituality, gender to lived bodies.
More information for the bell hooks scholar-in-residence| http://www.newschool.edu/lang/bell-ho...
Location: The Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall
Tuesday May 6, 2014 at 4 pm