Hindsight is the only feature program on Australian radio devoted exclusively to social history. Hindsight offers new perspectives on and insights into the past, through stories that may be well known, or may have been ignored, or erased from the public record.
Contrasting the cultures of Sydney and Melbourne, this discussion is relevant to the Canterbury experience, which like New South Wales was a Church of England dominated settlement. The ongoing similarities are even more pertinent where there is diversion from the original subject.
The 55 minute program examines changing attitudes to the dead and their burial, from the ad hoc early days of the penal colony in Sydney through to the late nineteenth century and the creation of the very grand Rookwood Necropolis.
Throughout the colony's early history there was an ongoing tussle between church and state for control of bodies of the dead, exacerbated by the struggle between church and church as Protestants and Catholics accused each other of impiety; while underlying all this was always the thorny question, 'What do we do with the bodies of the poor?'
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Showing posts with label humanities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humanities. Show all posts
May 5, 2008
Podcast: The Literature of New Zealand
The author of fourteen books, Norbert Elliot is Professor of English in the Department of Humanities at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
In this eleven minute lecture Dr Elliot refers to the following works:
Allen Curnow, The Skeleton of the Great Moa in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
Janet Frame, The Day of the Sheep
Patricia Grace, And So I Go
Witi Ihimaera, His First Ball
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Apr 24, 2008
Podcast for Anzac Day
Charles Darwin observed the inhabitants of New Zealand to be the most war-like of nations. The ways in which we continue to commemorate Anzac Day might appear to suggest that our cultural values have changed little in this respect.
Richard Norman (above), Emeritus Professor of moral philosophy at the University of Kent, is the author of Ethics, Killing and War.
In this 18 minute podcast he argues for pacificism, a position which is distinct from absolute pacifism, but recognises how difficult it is to provide any moral justification for war.
Richard Norman (above), Emeritus Professor of moral philosophy at the University of Kent, is the author of Ethics, Killing and War.
In this 18 minute podcast he argues for pacificism, a position which is distinct from absolute pacifism, but recognises how difficult it is to provide any moral justification for war.
Apr 18, 2008
Humanities Podcast
Yale has long been recognized as a leader in humanities scholarship. Top University faculty and distinguished visitors in literature, language, history, political science and other disciplines share insights concerning their research and teaching.
In this podcast Yale's Sterling Professor of Law Anthony Kronman (above) explores how political correctness and the research ideal have led the humanities astray.
In this podcast Yale's Sterling Professor of Law Anthony Kronman (above) explores how political correctness and the research ideal have led the humanities astray.
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