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How to Study Cultures (4 Parts) (1997 Video)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18, 24, 20, 22 min., 2001 sale: £32.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

Series attempting to define and explain culture by looking at its elements, using examples from around the world. 1: How culture develops as a result of the geographical elements of topography, climate and...

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Sydney: Living with Difference (1999 Video)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (30 minutes ), £34.99

Notes that Sydney has transformed itself from an outpost of the British Empire to one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world in just over 20 years. Using Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as a...

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Visualising the Past: Rebranding the Present (2012)

Director

Jessica Jacobs

Subject

Geography; History; Politics & government

In 2009 the director, a cultural geographer, spent 8 months filming in Amman and Damascus for a collaborative ESRC-funded research project on the role of heritage in these ‘Levantine’ cities. The four...

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Racism in Europe: European Racism? (1996 Video)

Subject

Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 70 min., 1998 sale: £10.00 (inclusive)

In a public lecture Professor Etienne Balibar looks at the role played by racism and migration in changing the political and cultural geography of Europe. Taking issue with some of the more simplistic...

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Darshan: An Indian Journey (1989 Video)

Director

Gerry Troyna

Producer

Rebecca Dobbs

Subject

Geography

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 90 min., 1993 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A journey through the heart of India, from Delhi in the north through Benares, the sacred city on the Ganges; through Jaidal, a village in the Ganges plain; through Calcutta, India’s largest city; and into...

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People of Porgera (1984 Video)

Director

John Davis

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £27.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A film made of the Porgera people in Papua New Guinea before gold was discovered. Shows their courting ceremony, and a sing-sing; discusses marriage and bride price, wealth, debt and payback, salt, stone...

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Whicker’s World Volume 1

Subject

Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 275 minutes), £6.27

A cultural icon, consummate interviewer and guiding light behind some of the most popular documentaries ever made, Alan Whicker’s quiet brand of incisive, insightful television journalism has enthralled...

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Navigation (1981 Video)

Producer

David Hyole

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

During the 17th century many advances in practical and instrumental navigation took place. These were aided by other scientific developments, and in turn navigational requirement gave impetus to developments...

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Inside China: The Newest Revolution (1983 Video)

Director

Leslie Woodhead

Producer

André Singer

Subject

Anthropology; Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Filmed in two Han communities around the city of Wuxi in south-east China. Looks at the new emphasis on material incentives after years of Maoist austerity. Four women sing ‘we exchanged our chickens for a...

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Climates, Landscapes and Life Series (2 Parts) (2003)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 26 minutes each), £29.94 each part of £49.95 together

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