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Featured Articles
Published: 16 January 2012
The V&A Museum now holds the archive of over 200 stage performances recorded expressly for scholarly access which are not available commercially. Jill Evans provides an overview of the National Video Archive of Performance.
Published: 16 January 2012
Turning scientists into journalists: It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it and Nicholas Russell outlines the aims and objectives of the Science Communication Group at Imperial College.
Published: 16 January 2012
With the British Library’s recently concluded audio project, the UK SoundMap, curation meets crowd-sourcing. Chris Clark, the project manager, discusses the challenges.
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Recent Reviews
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Review type: Text | Posted on: 16 January, 2012
Susanne Hammacher of the Royal Anthropological Institute reviews two books devoted to Jean Rouch.
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Review type: Video | Posted on: 16 January, 2012
We review Trevor Nunn’s film of Ian McKellenn’s hugely successful RSC production as Lear.
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Review type: Video | Posted on: 16 January, 2012
Professor Julian Petley reviews a docuemntary on Noam Chomsky’s analysis of the media landscape.
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Review type: Text | Posted on: 16 January, 2012
Justin Smith reviews two books on the history and impact of Channel 4.
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Review type: Video | Posted on: 16 January, 2012
The success of The Artist has renewed interest in the era of silent cinema. Josephine Botting reviews an Argentinian silent movie from 2007.
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