Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
| Created: | 2011-01-19 17:06 |
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| Institution: | Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Description: | Archival interviews with leading scientists, anthropologists, historians, ethno-musicologists, international travellers and others. Mostly interviewed and filmed by Professor Alan Macfarlane, with summaries and context provided by Sarah Harrison, and some assistance from Dr Mark Turin. The interviews were added to the Streaming Media Service by Claire Wheeler in March 2011.
Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust. |
Media items
This collection contains 206 media items.
Media items
Martin Rees
Interview of Lord Martin Rees the cosmologist and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge about his life and work. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 22nd August (part 1) and...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 12 Apr 2011
Mary Douglas
An interview of Mary Douglas the anthropologist in which she talks about her life and work in Africa and elsewhere. Mary Douglas filmed and interviewed by Alan Macfarlane at her...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 21 Mar 2011
Maurice Bloch
An interview on the life and work of the anthropologist Maurice Bloch. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 29th May 2008 and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 17 Mar 2011
Maurice Wilkes
An after dinner talk by Maurice Wilkes at King's College, Cambridge, about Alan Turing. Filmed on 1st October 1997 by Ian Pratt and edited by Alan Macfarlane. Generously supported...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 9 May 2011
McKim Marriott
An interview with the American anthropologist McKim Marriott about his life and work, principally in India. Interviewed by Kalman Applbaum and Ingrid Jordt on 14th June 2008,...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 7 Apr 2011
Meyer Fortes
Meyer Fortes gives a lecture on Tallensi divination before a selected audience of graduates and under-graduates in Cambridge. He discusses general theories of divination and is...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 21 Mar 2011
Michael Allen
Interview on the life and work of Michael Allen in Nepal, Melanesia and Ireland. Interviewed by Mark Turin in Nepal on 18th September 2005; interview lasts about 50 minutes....
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 7 Mar 2011
Michael Banton
A survey of Michael Banton's life and work at Edinburgh and elsewhere, including extensive work on race relations. Banton speaks of various people including Shils, Popper and...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 16 Mar 2011
Michael Bate
An interview with the biologist Michael Bate, of the University of Cambridge, on his life and times. Filmed on 2nd July 2008 by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison....
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 9 Feb 2012
Michael Herzfeld
A lecture by Professor Michael Herzfeld on 'Eviction and Evocation: The West at Home and Abroad - Ethnographic Reflections from Thailand and Southern Europe'. This was organized...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 29 Mar 2011
Michael Herzfeld
Michael Herzfeld interviewed by Sohini Ray in November 2011.
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 10 Sep 2012
Michael Mann
An interview with Professor Michal Mann, the sociologist and historian and author of 'The Social Basis of Power' and other works. Interviewed and filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 18th...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 7 Apr 2011
Neil Turok
An interview on the life and work of Neil Turok, Professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge. Interviewed by Tina Kosir on 19th February 2008 and filmed by Alan Macfarlane and...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 21 Apr 2011
Nicholas Allen
An interview of Nicholas Allen on 19th September 2001 by Alan Macfarlane. The interview lasts one hour and was filmed by Mark Turin at Oxford. Generously supported by the...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 7 Mar 2011
Nur Yalman
Nur Yalman describes his background in Turkey, his training in Cambridge and his fieldwork in Ceylon. Nur Yalman interviewed on 14th June 2004, last about 75 minutes. Generously...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 11 May 2011
Osamu Saito
An interview with the Japanese economic historian and demographer, Professor Osamu Saito. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 9th March 2010 and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 13 Apr 2011
Owen Chadwick
An interview on the life and work of Sir Owen Chadwick, historian and past Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Filmed and interviewed on 29th February 2008 by Alan Macfarlane and...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 21 Mar 2011
Owen Gingerich
An interview with the astronomer and historian of science, Owen Gingerich. Interviewed and filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 31 August 2008 and edited by Sarah Harrison.
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 22 Mar 2011
Owen Lattimore
An interview of Owen Lattimore, covering much of his work in Inner Asia. An interview of Owen Lattimore by Caroline Humphrey on 21st May 1983, filmed by Alan Macfarlane. Parts of...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 5 Apr 2011
Partha Dasgupta
An interview on the life and work of the economist Partha Dasgupta. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 6th April 2010 and edited by Sarah Harrison; the summary by Sarah Harrison has...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 21 Apr 2011
