The development of communication technologies, especially writing, printing, film and computers and the effects of these revolutions.

Collection: How the World Works: Letters to Lily

Institution: King's College

Created: Wed 2 Jan 2013

Interviews in Action is a 25-minute film designed to give undergraduate applicants a better idea of what to expect when they come to Cambridge for interview.

We suggest that...

Collection: Featured content

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Fri 12 Sep 2008

Dr Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes talks about the importance of the Royal Commonwealth Society Film collection and how she believes the collection can be used in academic research, and...

Collection: Royal Commonwealth Society Film Collection

Institution: Cambridge University Library

Created: Thu 13 Mar 2014

An interview with Asen Balikci about his life and work in anthropology, particularly in the Arctic regions. Filmed by Mark Turin in Sikkim on 12 January 2003. Interview lasts 2...

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Tue 15 Mar 2011

Behroze Gandhy, independent film-maker and critic, presents a discussion and screening of films by three Indian artists: M.F. Hussain, Tyeb Mehta and Akbar Padamsee. The sections...

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Mon 13 May 2013

A journey into Wordsworth's mind and the process of creation. We know about the experiments that have led to great scientific discoveries is widely recognised. But how much do we...

Collection: Cambridge Ideas

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Wed 30 Mar 2011

A long interview of the many fieldwork projects and books of Professor Haimendorf. He worked in Central India, North East India and in Nepal, and describes his training and the...

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Mon 21 Mar 2011

Interview of David MacDougall by Alan Macfarlane on 29th and 30th June 2007. Edited by Sarah Harrison. Lasts 2h30m. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust.

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Thu 7 Apr 2011

University of Cambridge students go into the community to teach English to children for whom it is a second language.

Collection: Featured content

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Wed 6 Aug 2008

Lecture by Alan Macfarlane given at the Visual Anthropology and Contemporary South Asian History conference on 4 April 2014. Filmed by Sarah Harrison.

Collection: Lectures and other materials

Institution: King's College

Created: Wed 16 Apr 2014

A short interview with the anthropological film-maker Gary Kildea about his life and work. Interviewed and filmed by Alan Macfarlane in November 2006, after a showing of Kildea's...

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Mon 16 May 2011

Film director and writer, Rupert Isaacson, speaks about his experience filming The Horse Boy at a Gates Scholars' Distinguished Lecture held on 14 January 2010 .

Collection: Gates Cambridge Scholarships

Institution: Gates Cambridge Trust

Created: Wed 14 Apr 2010

Young people are taught maths through hands-on puzzles and one-to-one sessions.

Collection: Featured content

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Wed 6 Aug 2008

The speaker discusses the classic film Night Mail about an express train travelling through the night from London to Glasgow.

Collection: Clare Hall Colloquium

Institution: Clare Hall

Created: Mon 20 Jan 2014

Interview of James Woodburn about his life and work in anthropology and visual anthropology in Africa and Britain. Interview and film of James Woodburn by Alan Macfarlane in...

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Wed 11 May 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

Interview with Les Hiatt about his training and work as an anthropologist among the Australian aborigines. Interviewed and filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 14 July 2005, lasts about...

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Wed 30 Mar 2011

An interview with the film-maker LIANG Bibo in 2008. LIANG Bibo interviewed by Alan Macfarlane in China on 28th July 2008, edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the...

Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers

Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Created: Wed 6 Apr 2011

Filming Transnational Interiors

‘Sharing Transnational Interiors: A Boat on the Mediterranean Sea’ - Mireille Rosello

Collection: CRASSH

Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Created: Mon 8 Oct 2012

In May 2008 museums across the East of England celebrated Museums and Galleries Month (1-31 May 2008) with a special programme of events and activities for all ages throughout the...

Collection: Featured content

Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications

Created: Wed 6 Aug 2008