Alan Macfarlane reads the poems in November 2019

Institution: King's College

Created: Wed 4 Dec 2019

A selection of films related to the Channel 4 Millenium series on 'The Day the World Took Off', with the kind permission of Windfall Films. Assembled by Alan Macfarlane

Institution: King's College

Created: Tue 18 Dec 2012

Richard Marshall, who has interviewed over 400 philosophers and others (see https://www.3-16am.co.uk/articles/.c/end-times-series) interviews Alan Macfarlane about his work and life on Zoom during February-March 2021.

For more on Alan Macfarlane, please see www.alanmacfarlane.com

The films...

Institution: King's College

Created: Tue 2 Mar 2021

A collection of some of the poetry written by British poets, from Shakespeare to Yeats, which I have found most moving and enjoyable.
Written simply to a film camera in later 2019.

Institution: King's College

Created: Thu 3 Oct 2019

Some poems of Tennyson chosen and read by Alan Macfarlane in November 2019

Institution: King's College

Created: Wed 27 Nov 2019

A set of four lectures, made in a week on very primitive equipment, to test the potentials of multi-media in teaching, in 1988.

Institution: King's College

Created: Mon 18 Feb 2013

Materials, mainly on their way to the archive at St Andrews

Institution: King's College

Created: Fri 26 Aug 2022

A set of films about my life

Institution: King's College

Created: Sun 30 Jun 2019

Films taken in or related to Burma (Myanmar) by Alan Macfarlane and Sarah Harrison

Institution: King's College

Created: Sun 4 Jan 2015

In 1975 the SSRC asked Alan Macfarlane to organize a series of interdisciplinary seminars on history and anthropology. The first and fourth were filmed and edited by Martin Gienke and the Audio Visual Aids Unit in Cambridge with the assistance of Sarah Harrison.

The original tapes were rescued...

Institution: King's College

Created: Wed 28 Feb 2018

Films relevant to China, based on lectures and visits from 1996 onwards

Institution: King's College

Created: Wed 16 Jan 2013

Films taken by Alan Macfarlane and Sarah Harrison, to accompany diaries and phtographs, in August 2002.

Institution: King's College

Created: Tue 25 Jan 2022

Films taken by Alan Macfarlane and Sarah Harrison during travels through various parts of China during October 2003. For the full background please see the forthcoming book China Travels 2003.

Institution: King's College

Created: Sat 5 Feb 2022

Films taken in Yunnan during a tour of China in 2003 by Alan Macfarlane and Sarah Harrison

Institution: King's College

Created: Sat 9 Apr 2022

A visit to various parts of Chna by Alan Macfarlane and Sarah Harrison, accompanied on the journey by Xiaoxiao Yan and in Yunnan by Xiao Ma. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane in October and November 2005.

Institution: King's College

Created: Thu 13 Aug 2015

A series of films made by distinguished Chinese film-makers who kindly made them available for me to upload in the West.

Institution: King's College

Created: Tue 20 Mar 2018

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Institution: King's College

Created: Tue 11 Mar 2008

A set of eight lectures for second year social anthropology students at the University of Cambridge. They give an overview of some theories and theorists in the social sciences, from Montesquieu to Gellner. The series is related to Alan Macfarlane's book 'The Riddle of the Modern World'.

Institution: King's College

Created: Mon 4 Feb 2013

Talks by Alan Macfarlane about various digital projects from the 1970's to 2010, including the Earls Colne, Naga and Gurung projects and the use of digital media in teaching and publishing. Based on the draft of a book on 'Virtual Worlds' which it is planned to publish. The talks were filmed by...

Institution: King's College

Created: Sat 24 Feb 2018

A set of films related to the life and death of Dilmaya Gurung. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane in Nepal between 1969 and 2000.

Institution: King's College

Created: Mon 21 Apr 2014