Translating Africa in Global Contexts
Although African myths and folktales have long been trivialized as childish, translators today are revealing new insights, which show that Africa led the world in the invention of the most sophisticated literary styles. Critics now particularly value the figurality, or use of metaphor, which dominates the African literary imagination. The ethics and politics of translating African oral literature, or folklore, are a microcosm of ethical and political problems around the world. Populations of the
Stories of Success: Jenna Strother
A feature on Ole Miss soccer player Jenna Strother from the SEC Weekly special, Stories of Success which aired in December 2010.
The Stuff of Genius: Safety Pin
With patents on everything from fountain pens to rifles, Walter Hunt has sometimes been called "America's forgotten inventor." However, his most successful invention was the safety pin.
OERC Symposium 2010: The future of personal wind appliances
Bill Currie speaks at the the 2010 Otago Energy Research Centre Symposium.
Held November 24, 2010.
Italians worry over bombs
Romans tense on Christmas eve after bombs explode at two of their embassies.
Club Med opens first China resort
Club Med opens first resort in China; plans four more. The Yabuli resort boasts 18 ski runs, the most in the country.
China cashes in on UK royal wedding
Chinese factories increase their output of replicas of the Windsor royal engagment ring as world-wide demand for the sparkle remains high.
Arizona shooting memorial
President Obama attends a memorial service for those injured and killed in a shooting rampage.
SP.725 D-Lab: Medical Technologies for the Developing World (MIT)
D-Lab Health provides a multidisciplinary approach to global health technology design via guest lectures and a major project based on fieldwork. We will explore the current state of global health challenges and learn how to design medical technologies that address those problems. Students may travel to Nicaragua during spring break to work with health professionals, using medical technology design kits to gain field experience for their device challenge. As a final class deliverable, you will cr
How to make Pizza
How to make pizza - learn how to make pizza- the crust, the sauce and the toppings. Moves rapidly and leaves out part such as how to throw the dough.
Biologie Animale, la dissection de la souris, 7 - appareil génital femelle et mâle
« La dissection de la souris » fait partie d’une série de films de biologie qui ont pour sujet les plans d’organisation de modèles animaux représentatifs de grands groupes chez les invertébrés et les vertébrés. Grâce à des images, des animations et des schémas de support, cette vidéo montre la démarche de dissection de la souris et l’anatomie des mammifères (morphologie, anatomie générale, appareil respiratoire, circulatoire, digestif, urinaire et génital)
UWTV Fast Break: UW Gymnastics
UWTV profiles senior Kristen Linton of the University of Washington gymnastics team.
For more information about UWTV's coverage of UW Gymnastics, visit http://uwtv.org/gymnastics
Athelsan Spilhaus, MIT Sea Grant Program Inaugural Lecture, 1972
Prof. Athelsan Spilhaus '33 gives the inaugural lecture, titled "Bountiful Grant of the Sea," on the occasion of the MIT Sea Grant Program Convocation celebration on September 27, 1972. Introductions by Alfred Kiel (Director of the Sea Grant Program and Dean of Engineering at MIT) and Robert Abel (Director of the National Sea Grant Program). Courtesy of MIT Museum Hart Nautical Collections. [T5829]
Gradient learning of trajectories
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Coretta Scott King Procession at MLK Celebration
On February 11, 1994, Coretta Scott King is escorted to Kresge Auditorium during the traditional silent march at the 20th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at MIT.
Coretta Scott King - 20th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at MIT, 1994
Mrs. Coretta Scott King gives the Keynote Address for the Twentieth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at MIT, held on February 11, 1994. Her remarks begin at 42:19. The day's theme is “The Movement for Economic and Social Justice: 1994 and Beyond." MIT graduate student Andrew Humphrey introduces three young speakers who offer their perspectives: Upward Bound student Joshua Mantu, MIT undergraduate Nashanne Beria and MIT graduate student Joshua Joseph, Jr. Mrs. Scott King is intro
MIT@Lawrence Fall 2010 Practicum: Second LFDCS Visit
On November 12th, 2010, 8th grade students from the Lawrence Family Development Charter School (LFDCS) visited MIT and engaged with MIT@Lawrence practicum participants around issues of foreclosures and abandoned properties in their city. Their interaction is captured in the video above.
David Blight on the Civil War in American Memory, Part 1
David W. Blight, Yale University Professor of History and author of "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory," discusses the Civil War Sesquicentennial. Part 1 of 3.
For more on the book, visit http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674008199
For more on the Civil War from Harvard University Press, visit http://www.hup.harvard.edu/features/civilwar/
Jakob Locher - Anspruch und Leistung eines streitbaren Humanisten
16.11.2006: Vortrag im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung 'Dichter und Denker in Freiburg' vom 26.10.06 bis 8.2.07 in der Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
Absolute Beginner #2 - Introducing Yourself in Japanese
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When your Japanese friends introduce you to their other friends from Japan, most of them have been able to speak in your native language. However, today you met someone who speaks only Japanese. The person greets you politely and looks expectantly at you, awaiting your response. You look to your friend, [...]
