Imagine the difficulty of trying to capture the activity of the internet for posterity. The job for the British Library has just been made easier with new technology in place, but our own National Library has been a trailblazer in this area.
Guests:
Paul Koerbin, Manager of Web Archiving at the National Library of Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/capturing-the-internet/4629796
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In the 1930s and ’40s, the sophisticates of Bombay danced in art deco ballrooms to ‘hot jazz’, often performed by African American musicians. A new book traces the players and the music, from all over the world, to bring this part of Bombay’s history back to life.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/bombay-jazz-age/4538860
Before Fred and Ginger, there was Fred and Adele, two siblings from Omaha who shared a 27 year theatrical career, and revolutionised the dance and song world of the 1920s. The Astaires were adored by audiences, feted by royalty, and courted by social elites everywhere they went. From the start Adele was the more natural performer, while Fred had to practise hard to hone his trademark timing, but ultimately his skills surpassed those of his sister. Originally broadcast on 27/6/12.
Guests:
Kathleen Riley, Classical scholar, modern theatre historian, and the author of The Astaires: Fred and Adele
Music:
Track: Sweet Music
Artist: Adele and Fred Astaire
Album: Night and Day: Fred Astaire, Complete Recordings Vol 2 1931-1933 Naxos 2001 Nostalgia Naxos 8.120519
Composer: Dietz & Schwartz
Description: Song from ‘The Band Wagon’ by Dietz & Schwartz
Track: The Bobbitt and the Bromide
Artist: Adele and Fred Astaire
Album: A Portrait of Fred Astaire, 1997 Music Collection International. Gale 414
Composer: George & Ira Gershwin
Description: Song from ‘Funny Face’ by George and Ira Gershwin
Track: Fascinating Rhythm
Artist: Adele and Fred Astaire
Album: A Portrait of Fred Astaire, 1997 Music Collection International
Description: Song from ‘Lady, Be Good!’ by George and Ira Gershwin
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/fred-and-adele-astaire/4415600
Throughout history, maps have always been as much about their creators and their worldviews as about reproducing an accurate replica of the world. Early maps were also about the unknown and how to display the borders of the known world. Monsters in illustration were often used to represent what lay beyond the edge of the world, and cartographers competed to create the best and scariest monsters on their creations.
Professor and BBC documentary presenter Jeremy Brotton has produced a study of the cultural values embodied in maps and collected them in a book called A History of the World in Twelve Maps.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/a-history-of-the-world-in-maps/4491276
There have been unconfirmed reports that the priceless and historic manuscripts housed in the Ahmed Baba Institute in Timbuktu have been destroyed by Islamists fleeing French-led Malian troops. Riason Naidoo was director of the Timbuktu manuscripts project for six years and talks about their history and significance.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/timbuktu-manuscripts/4491688
The Scots have been leaving their country for all corners of the globe from the 13th century onwards - a phenomenon which has only begun to reverse over the past decade. But what impact did Scottish culture have on the many nations to which they emigrated - and how did it change the home country itself?
Guests:
Tom Devine OBE, Personal Senior Research Professor in History, and Director of the Scottish Centre of Diaspora Studies at the University of Edinburgh.
Publications:
Title: To The Ends of The Earth: Scotland’s Global Diaspora, 1750 - 2010
Author: Tom Devine, OBE
Publisher: Allen Lane
ISBN: ISBN-10: 0713997443
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/the-scottish-diaspora/4172014
In her Quarterly Essay, Laura Tingle discusses why Australians are so angry about their political leaders. Are they not delivering or do we expect too much from government?
The teachings and philosophies of Confucius,the great Chinese sage, held sway across China for centuries, until Mao Zedong criticised him as a preacher of feudal mentality and slave morality. However, as the grip of communism transmogrifies into consumerism in China, Confucianism is again on the rise. But what sort of Confucianism and how might it work in a modern consumer society?
Guests :
Daniel Bell, Professor of Political Theory at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Publications :
Title: China’s New Confucianism: Politics and Everyday Life in a Changing Society
Author: Daniel Bell
Publisher: (Princeton, 2008; new edition 2010).
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2011/3337338.htm
Slavoj Zizek has been described as more a phenomenon than a philosopher. He packs auditoriums and lecture halls wherever he speaks and is one of Europe’s foremost Marxist theorists. He’s said to have an opinion on every subject from decaffeinated coffee to sex, from seagulls and swearing to the end of the world.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2011/3326156.htm
Huffduffed on the understanding the label said;
Originally broadcast 24 November 2005. A wide ranging discussion with the British journalist and author Francis Wheen. Wheen’s book is subtitled, ‘A Short History of Modern Delusions’, in which he challenges the rise in superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria over the past quarter of a century.
However label had fallen off before being put back on the shelf and infact contents were a step back in time to 1994 to the fall of John Major from the British prime ministership, an interview with two american experts, Geoff Chester and David Lytel, about this new thing called the information super highway and science fiction author and inventor of that other 90’s bussword cyberspace, William Gibson.
Like a surprise tin from Arkrights store, the NQR episode of Late Night Live.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2011/3322868.htm
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