Why Psychiatry has to be Social - Audio
Professor Bebbington explores the idea that psychiatry has an essentially social component because the phenomenon it seeks to explain have inherently social attributes. Psychiatric symptoms relate to our internal experience of external reality, and therefore comprise elements of both the internal and external world. A full account of psychiatric disorder must invoke the interaction of biological and social factors, acknowledging that the balance between these factors will vary between individual
The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Agreement: Law, Science and Globalising Markets
The SPS Agreement is one of the most innovative and controversial aspects of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This agreement uses science as a benchmark for assessing the legality of Member State regulation and has, in high profile cases such as EC Hormones and EC Biotech, been used to condemn regulatory measures as unlawful. The agreement, and the institutions which develop and apply it, walk a precarious middle line between trade and public health/environmental protection. This lecture will
Humanitarian Assistance – A Dangerous Challenge
The phrase ‘May you live in interesting times’ can be interpreted equally as a blessing or a curse. When directed at a prospective humanitarian aid volunteer, eager to embark on an overseas aid mission in the new millennium, the phrase leans increasingly towards the latter. The climate of relative safety enjoyed by humanitarian volunteers has disappeared, largely due to the radical restructuring of the world political scene in the last quarter of the 20th century. This talk will explai
Prosopagnosia: a World Without Facial Recognition
Imagine not recognising your mother when she walks past you – not because you can’t see her, but because you can’t distinguish her face from the thousands that you come across every day. This lecture is a glimpse into the fascinating world of prosopagnosia, or ‘face blindness’, and the challenges it poses to people living with the condition – and those close to them. While brain damage is known to cause prosopagnosia, recent discoveries show that it can also come about if people fail
Modernism in China: Architectural Visions and Revolutions
China’s development and speculation about its future impact on the world are stimulating considerable attention in design-related disciplines internationally. This process has already encouraged various forms of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary dialogue that will inevitably enrich our understanding of design and improve our responses to future design-related problems. However, much of this discourse tends to focus on either pre-twentieth century themes (e.g. China’s ancient sites and cu
Modernism in China: Architectural Visions and Revolutions
China’s development and speculation about its future impact on the world are stimulating considerable attention in design-related disciplines internationally. This process has already encouraged various forms of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary dialogue that will inevitably enrich our understanding of design and improve our responses to future design-related problems. However, much of this discourse tends to focus on either pre-twentieth century themes (e.g. China’s ancient sites and cu
Guangming Smart-city: A New Chinese City
By 2010 it is anticipated that half of China’s population will have moved from the countryside to the cities. The Chinese Government has recently presented Dongtan, near Shanghai, as their ecological showcase to the United Nations World Urban Forum, but what will tomorrow’s new Chinese city be?
Our key research concern was to design a more sustainable social and economic community and strike a balance between modernization and environmental preservation. The “ecological life-style” is a
Revolutions in sound recording
Since the invention of the phonograph in 1877, the recording and playback of sound has been a key element of life in the western world. This unit traces the technology and characters of the sound recording industry as it advances from Edison's original phonograph to the formats we know today.
Lecture 21 - World War 2 - Cold War (Video)
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Lecture 21 - World War 2 - Cold War (Audio)
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Lecture 21 - US Entry in WW2 (Video)
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Lecture 21 - US Entry in WW2 (Audio)
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Lecture 21 - Poland (Audio)
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Lecture 21 - Pearl Harbor (Video)
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Lecture 21 - Pearl Harbor (Audio)
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Lecture 21 - Atomic Bomb (Video)
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Lecture 21 - Atomic Bomb (Audio)
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Lecture 18 - WW-1 Immigration (cont) (Video)
World War I Abroad and at Home
Lecture 18 - WW-1 Immigration (cont) (Audio)
World War I Abroad and at Home
Lecture 18 - Dissent and Immigration (Video)
World War I Abroad and at Home
