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- http://www.witness.group.shef.ac.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- History, Social Studies
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- Radio/Sound
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An oral history project created by the History Department at the University of Sheffield. The interviews were carried out by trained history students in the department. Common themes include Sheffield during World War II, local politics, youth culture and the music scene, the Miners’ Strikes and the impact of deindustrialisation on the city. A separate resource documents the history of the Walkley Action Group, a campaigning group which protested against planned slum demolition in the 1970s. A blog keeps users appraised of updates to the site.
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- https://www.imperial.ac.uk/blog/videoarchive/
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Computing, General Science, Media Studies, Technology
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- Film/Video
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- AV services, Archives/Museums, Blogs, Streaming/Download
Colin Grimshaw, who worked in the Imperial College Television Studios for over forty years, maintains this blog, which showcases material from Imperial’s archives. The entries which accompany the videos provide a commentary on the history of the college, as well as an interesting record of the use of moving image technology from the 60s onwards, both in terms of the practical and technical aspects of video production, and in the wider sense of how Imperial pioneered the use of video in science education, as this entry on Professor Eric Laithwaite demonstrates. The videos are also available on YouTube
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- http://scicast.org.uk/
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- Science and Technology
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- Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Studies, General Science, Mathematics, Physics
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- Film/Video
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- Blogs, Streaming/Download, Vacancies/Careers
A website featuring short films about science, made by schoolchildren, teachers, scientists, students and researchers. The project was originally inspired by a desire to explore what ‘public service children’s media’ might look like in the Web 2.0 world, together with a sense that science and engineering lend themselves particularly well to practical, accessible filmmaking. The films can be searched according to eight broad subjects (Biology, Careers, Chemistry, Earth Sciences & Environment, Engineering, Maths, Miscellaneous and Physics) and by Type (Documentary, Experiment, Explanation etc.). The site is still fully available but appears not to have been updated since 2012.
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- http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/reel2real/index.php/resources.html
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- Archaeology, Ethnology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Archives/Museums, Blogs, Streaming/Download
This website is one of the outcomes of a project which set out to make available to the widest possible audience the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University’s Museum of Anthropology and World Archaeology. The project has made available online a broad selection of the main ethnographic (field) sound collections held by the Museum. These include selections from the Edward Evans-Pritchard collection of recordings from made in Zandeland in South Sudan between 1928 and 1930, and recordings of the Bayaka tribe in the Central African Republic, made by pioneering ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno. In addition to the recordings themselves (which are hosted on SoundCloud), a useful array of contextual resources is available, including video interviews with a number of leading ethnomusicologists, sound curators, audio engineers, and other related experts, as well as talks from workshops which took place during the project programme, and stills and video clips made by Louis Sarno in the Central African Republic. In 2014 the Museum completed a major digitisation project on its film collections. Much of the material is unique and of significant historical importance, such as the films of Frederick Spencer Chapman made in Tibet, Greenland and Africa, Beatrice Blackwood in Papua New Guinea and Ursula Graham Bower in India.
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- https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, General Science, Genetics, Nature, Physics, Technology
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- Radio/Sound
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- Blogs, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
This awarding-winning science podcast is produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and presents the latest discoveries in the physical and natural sciences. The programme also examines the political, social, environmental and ethical implications of new developments in science and technology. Listeners can play or download each podcast in its entirety, or segment by segment, and there are links to related articles, news stories and interviews. Each episode is about an hour long, and generally features around five separate items.
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- http://www.podology.org.uk/
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- Social Sciences
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- Psychology, Social Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Blogs, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
Free downloadable podcasts on sociology and psychology aimed at those teaching or studying psychology. Particularly useful for A-level students but the material here could also be of interest for GCSE and degree level too. The site includes a wide range of other resources too, including articles, videos and links to relevant content at TED Talks.
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- https://mediatedcultures.net/
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- Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Computing, Ethnology, Technology
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- Film/Video
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- Blogs, Streaming/Download
Michael Wesch is an American cultural anthropologist, whose area of academic interest revolves around how people use digital media and how new media affects human interaction. In order to explore human uses of digital technology, Wesch formed the Digital Ethnography Working Group with a group of his students at the University of Kansas. At the same time he posted a video The Machine is Us/ing Us on YouTube which advances the idea that digital technology will change everything: the use of hyperlinks and xml will create an interconnected digital world in the image of those who have created it. Wesch’s point is that we need to be aware of this in order to make it happen. His ideas are explored in more depth in An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube. Both videos are also available on this site (and can be downloaded as wmv or Quicktime files) along with other videos, made by Wesch and his students, together with a thought-provoking blog.
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- https://www.commonwealthoralhistories.org/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- History, Politics and Government
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- Radio/Sound
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- Blogs, Streaming/Download, Web Links
The aim of this AHRC-funded project is to produce a digital research resource on the history of the Commonwealth since 1965, based on sixty interviews with major figures in the recent history of the organisation. Politicians, diplomats and civil servants discuss the evolution of the Commonwealth, focusing on key themes including leadership; mediation; bilateral and collaborative international pressure for racial justice; developmental issues and democratisation. An introductory page gives a Chronology of significant events. Researchers can search the reource by interviewee name, theme and by country discussed. There is also a helpful Glossary of names and terms, and Citation advice. Full transcripts of the interviews are available on the site and can also be downloaded as PDFs.
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- https://nofilmschool.com/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Blogs, Funding, Information Sources, Reviews, Streaming/Download, Technology, Vacancies/Careers, Web Links
This is a useful site for anyone interested in filmmaking, particularly the practical side of the process. Created by writer/director Ryan Koo, the site features tutorials, interviews, videos and news and reviews of film equipment. A recent post gives a detailed account of Thelma Schoonmaker’s appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival, during which she explains how she edited Martin Scorsese’s film ‘Raging Bull’.
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- http://www.scl.org/site.aspx?i=we0
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- Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Computing, Law, Technology
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- Blogs, Courses, Information Sources, Technology
The Society for Computers and Law is the leading UK organisation for legal professionals advising and practising within the IT sector. The society’s podcasts cover all aspects of IT law, from software licensing, Cloud services and Big Data, to advice on procuring contracts, discussions on freedom of speech online, and the future of file sharing regulations, to name but a few. In accordance with the SCL’s educational objectives, access to all the website material is free for students, via Athens authentication. Elsewhere on the website users can access information about training course and events, or keep up to date with the latest news and opinion, with a series of blogs, articles and Tweets. An excellent resource.
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