Interview of Sir John Sulston, Nobel laureate and director of one of the teams which first sequenced the human genome. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 16 September 2008 and...

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 14 Apr 2011

An interview on the life and work of the Nobel laureate Sir John Walker. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 14th January 2008 and edited by Sarah Harrison, lasts about 110 minutes....

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Mon 9 May 2011

Interview of Jonathan Benthall on his life and work, in particular as Director of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane, on 6th December 2005 at...

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 17 Mar 2011

An interview on the life and work of the anthropologist Jonathan Parry. Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 5th December 2009 and edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by...

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Mon 11 Apr 2011

Ecuador is linguistically diverse: it is home to thirteen indigenous languages besides the official language (Spanish). All of Ecuador’s indigenous languages, including the one...

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Workshop 2010

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Wed 19 Jan 2011

Lecture by Professor Molly Andrews for the World Oral Literature Project Occasional Lecture Series

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Lectures

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Wed 16 Feb 2011

This paper reports on a collaborative project between the authors and the historical anthropologist, Wendy James. The authors are developing strategies through which James’s...

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Workshop 2010

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 20 Jan 2011

In this presentation, I discuss my ongoing work with the Tamu-mai, an ethnolinguistic community of central Nepal with whom I have been working collaboratively for two decades. I...

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Workshop 2009

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 22 Apr 2010

An Interview with Lord Julian Hunt about his life and work. Interviewed on 1st May and 3rd June 2009 by Alan Macfarlane. Edited and summarized by Sarah Harrison. Generously...

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Mon 4 Apr 2011

Interview of Karl Heider, American anthropologist. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 30 June 2007, edited by Sarah Harrison, about 90 minutes. Generously supported by the Leverhulme...

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 29 Mar 2011

About the Tibetan lute, the dramyan

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Mon 8 Apr 2013

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Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Mon 8 Apr 2013

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Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Mon 8 Apr 2013

An old trading song, about the salttrade with Tibet.

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 4 Apr 2013

A song about Lo Monthang that was set to a new melody 15 years ago, when the walls to Lo Monthang were being rebuilt.

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 4 Apr 2013

A song about traveling, business, and trade.

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 4 Apr 2013

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Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 4 Apr 2013

This song is for celebrations of a new house and blesses a house for weddings.

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 4 Apr 2013

A song that reminds us of the good occasions in all the seasons.

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 4 Apr 2013

This is a couples song.

Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 4 Apr 2013