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
Pat Caplan
Pat Caplan talks about her early training and fieldwork in Africa and Nepal. She describes the setting up of the Department of Anthropology at Goldsmith's College and the...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 18 Mar 2011
Patrick Bateson
Sir Patrick Bateson was interviewed and filmed by Alan Macfarlane in December 2007. The transcript is by Sarah Harrison, The interview lasts about 2 hrs. Generously supported by...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 16 Mar 2011
Patrick O'Brien
The life and academic work of Professor Patrick O'Brien, Professor at the L.S.E. and sometime Director of the Institute of Historical Research in London. An interview by Alan...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 20 May 2011
Paul Hockings
Interview on the life and work of Paul Hockings in India and in the field of visual anthropology. Paul Hockings interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 11th November 2005 in Hong Kong,...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 31 Mar 2011
Paul Rabinow
An interview of the American anthropologist Paul Rabinow about his life and work in Morocco and in the philosophy of anthropology and science studies. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 12 Apr 2011
Peter Avery
Interview on the life and work of the historian and expert on Persia, Peter Avery of Cambridge. Interviewed on 8th June 2008 by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison. This...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 8 Mar 2011
Peter Burke
Interview of Peter Burke, where he talks about his life and education and his work on bringing together history and anthropology. Interviewed and filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 31st...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 18 Mar 2011
Peter Gathercole
An interview about the life and work of Peter Gathercole. An interview by Alan Macfarlane and Amiria Henare of Peter Gathercole on 8th May 2003. Lasts about two hours at most....
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 21 Mar 2011
Peter Loizos
Interview of Peter Loizos on 14th September 2002. He talks about his education and life, his teaching at the London School of Economics, and his anthropological fieldwork in...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 6 Apr 2011
Peter Mathias
An interview with Peter Mathias, the economic historian and sometime Master of Downing College, Cambridge. Interviewed and filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 4 September 2008 and edited...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 8 Apr 2011
Peter Riviere
An interview with Peter Riviere. The first part, by Alan Macfarlane, covers his academic life in general. The second part by Laura Rival covers his work in South America. Filmed...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 13 Apr 2011
Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
Interview of Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, mathematician and university administrator. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 12th May 2008 and edited by Sarah Harrison. The film lasts about...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 14 Apr 2011
Peter Trudgill
An interview of the socio-linguist Peter Trudgill by Alan Macfarlane on 20 November 2012. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane.
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 10 Jan 2013
Peter Worsley
Peter Worsley talks of his upbringing and education, his difficulties of obtaining research permission as a Marxist, his teaching in Manchester and the contacts with Max Gluckman,...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 14 Jan 2013
Philip Gulliver
His life and work in anthropology, first in Africa (East) and later in Ireland, the influence of various major figures including Fith, Nadel, Leach and Audrey Richards. Philip...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 28 Mar 2011
Philip Mayer
Philip Mayer describes his training as an anthropologist, his work in Africa and contacts with various anthropologists, including Radcliffe-Brown. An interview of Philip Mayer by...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 11 Apr 2011
Philippe Descola
Talk to anthropology seminar at Cambridge University by Philippe Descola on 'Ontologies', followed by questions and discussion. One hour talk, followed by hour of discussion,...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 21 Mar 2011
Piers Vitebsky
A lecture by Piers Vitebsky, a version given at Cambridge in May 2007, the Henry Myers Lecture. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane. The lecture has been published in the Journal of the...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 9 May 2011
Polly Hill
Polly Hills describes her background, the daughter of a Nobel Prize winner and niece of John Maynard Keynes. She outlines her life as an economic anthropologist in Africa and...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 30 Mar 2011
Quentin Skinner
An interview of the Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge, Quentin Skinner, about his life and work. Filmed and interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 10th January...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 13 Apr 2011
