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Looks at the training of conscripts in KESA, the military training centre at the time of the 1967-74 Greek dictatorship. Draws on the testimony of former conscripts to reconstruct the process which...
Demos has just published a report, Truth, lies and the Internet: a report into young people's digital fluency, which examines the ability of young people in Britain to critically evaluate information they...
Traces the history of anaesthetics and shows the work of an anaesthetist in London as he cares for a patient during a seven-hour operation in which two heart valves are replaced.
Studies the Masai, herdsmen in the Rift Valley of Kenya, focusing on the role of women in a society in which a very high percentage of marriages are polygamous and only the men are entitled to own the...
Professor Tim Chartier presents an overview of the key concepts and methods to analyse big volumes of data. Examples include Google’s analysis of internet traffic to identify trends, how Netflix came up...
Part 2 looks at the period 1970-1977, when Massey Ferguson was responding to the drive for increased agricultural output. The programme features a range of seven different ploughs from and MF 40 2-furrow to...
Construction of a hunting kit from raw materials and preparation of poisonous larvae and plants to coat arrow shafts. Use of equipment during a hunt. Note: The material for the film was shot in the 1950s.
The Sakuddei live on the island of Siberut off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. They are a small community with their own distinctive language and social and religious life. The film draws a moving and...
The Mehinacu are one of several Indian groups living near the headwaters of the River Xingu in the Xingu National Park in central Brazil. Relations between the sexes in this society are formalised in an...
The medicine dance is one activity in !Kung life that draws people together in groups that are not shaped by family, band, or close friendship. The dance is essentially a curing ritual but is not solemn; the...
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