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How Wikileaks Will Transform Mainstream Media
Posted: June 2011A Sydney Ideas lecture co-presented with the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Is Viral Marketing Good for You? The role of new media in public health
Posted: June 2011This forum looked at the ways in which the not-for-profits and public sector can creatively deploy new media technologies and other strategies, to more effectively compete for mind-share on public health issues such as tobacco control.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Assignment: China
Posted: June 2011Former CNN Asia correspondent Mike Chinoy, now a Senior Fellow at the US-China Institute at the University of Southern California, has gathered the perceptions, experiences and insights of these correspondents in Assignment: China.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Looking again at Picasso's Guernica
Posted: June 2011Pablo Picasso painted his large scale Guernica (1937) in response to the bombing of the Spanish town by German and Italian forces during the Spanish Civil War. Art historian T J Clark discussed Guernica.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.The Blue Economy: 10 Years, 100 Innovations, 100 Million Jobs
Posted: June 2011An economist by training, then a successful businessman, Gunter Pauli is now devoted to redesigning production and consumption into clusters of industries inspired by natural systems. His ZERI network is based on open source research and experimentation.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Cities - Carthage, City of Memories
Posted: June 2011How did the memory of Carthage as Rome's greatest and most dangerous enemy colour how the Roman city was portrayed by Roman and Greek authors? Carthage became an anti-type through which Romans writers could explore aspects of their political and cultural life.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Cities - Athens: Gift of Athena
Posted: June 2011What are the myths that we tell about Athens? This lecture examines the legacy of Athenian culture. In particular, it focuses on looking at the darker side of that legacy. We like to imagine the Athenians as devoted to freedom and the spirit of reason.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Governance, Corruption and World Poverty
Posted: June 2011Should we give aid to countries whose governments are corrupt? Fighting corruption is a global concern because it is found in both rich and poor countries, but evidence shows it hurts poor societies more. What is the answer?
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Effective Engagement: The tonic for a reconciled nation
Posted: June 2011Commissioner Gooda argues passionately and with great clarity that without effective engagement the reconciliation agenda with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will stall.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Curating Tate Modern: Nine Years, Nine Exhibitions
Posted: May 2011In her nine years at Tate Modern internationally renowned curator Jessica Morgan has curated numerous group and solo exhibitions. Her talk reviewed these exhibitions, and discussed the rise of Tate Modern, now the most-visited modern art gallery in the world.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Sustained Development Systems for 3 Billion
Posted: May 2011Dr A P J Abdul Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th July 2002. During his five years in office his focus was on transforming India into a developed nation by 2020. He is a scientist and aeronautical engineer by training.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Deepwater Horizon: What happened, why and where do we go from here?
Posted: May 2011The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion in April, 2010 and the subsequent fire and offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is considered one of the major environmental disasters in US history.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.
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Saturday, 4th February 2012
