Wednesday, March 6, 2013

David Williamson on the Demise of Creative Arts in our Universities and Education sector in general



Broadcast: Tuesday 5 March 2013 8:05PM
Australian playwright David Williamson says that short-sighted assault by both sides of the political divide threatens creative arts education in Australia. His 2012 National Tertiary Education Union lecture reflects on his own career, traverses what is happening to the creative arts within higher education in Australia and puts the case for greater funding and institutional support.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Soul Searching 1

 Iain McGilchrist: A few clips from the two-part documentary Soul Searching which was screened by Channel 4 in 2004 have appeared on the web at YouTube: 123. The DVD of the series can be bought here.

The first of three extracts from the two-part documentary broadcast on Channel 4 in 2004, in which neuroscientists, philosophers, mathematicians and monks discussed whether there was still a meaning to the idea of the soul. These clips feature neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga, psychiatrist and philosopher Iain McGilchrist and psychologist Louis Sass. This first clip begins with philosopher Galen Strawson and psychologist John Pickering. For those who are interested, you can see further clips or buy the whole DVD at www.becauseyouthink.tv.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMDeIj1ZaOs