TEDxDF - Garigoleo - Improvisación
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Para darle vida a una idea no basta con concebirla. El agua que no se mueve se estanca, se pudre y se vuelve impotable, y esto no es diferente con las ideas. Sólo hay una manera de hacer que una idea realmente viva y sea útil: moviéndola. Un equipo de improvisadores aprovecha las ideas desechadas, mezclándolas y reorganizándolas para sacar las h... Read more
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- -: TEDxDF - Garigoleo - Improvisación
February 1, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Para darle vida a una idea no basta con concebirla. El agua que no se mueve se estanca, se pudre y se vuelve impotable, y esto no es diferente con las ideas. Sólo hay una manera de hacer que una idea realmente viva y sea útil: moviéndola. Un equipo de improvisadores aprovecha las ideas desechadas...
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- -: TEDxNIDBangalore - Abhishek Hazra - Floccinaucinihilipilification or "Visual Arts meets Geekdom"
November 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Abhishek Hazra shares with us the confluence of design, visual arts and technology. Abhishek Hazra is a graphic designer, visual artist and art critic based in Bangalore. His work focuses on the exploration of the intersections between technology and culture depicted through animated shots and p...
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- -: Supporting Free Speech at Universities - Dennis Hayes
June 5, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/29/You_Cant_Say_That_with_Dennis_Hayes Dennis Hayes defends his belief that all views, no matter how offensive or irrational, should be allowed expression in academic settings. Hayes claims that only complete freedom of speech can create a complete freed...
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- -: Difficult Art Is Like Spinach for the Brain
August 21, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/09/Melbourne_Festival_of_Ideas_Kate_Grenville Kate Grenville discusses the crucial role of art in teaching people to deal with difficult issues. She draws upon Shelley and Cicero in lamenting the obsessive labeling and watering down of works of art in to...
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- -: What Is the Evolutionary Purpose of Art?
December 16, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/07/Wonderfest_2010_How_Did_Evolution_Shape_Human_Behavior Anthropologists David DeGusta and Henry Gilbert discuss the evolutionary function of artistic expression. Gilbert suggests that artistry may have been a display of mental prowess to attract a mate...
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- -: Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Banning the Burqa Misses the Point
December 18, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/29/Nomad_From_Islam_to_America_with_Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali Author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues that the clash of cultures between Western secular liberalism and radical Muslim immigrants is being overshadowed by meaningless debates over burqas and minare...
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- -: Lorrie Moore: Why Reading Is Vital
March 30, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2010 Author Lorrie Moore discusses the importance of reading literature. She argues that, while watching a good movie is better than reading a bad book, the power of the written word remains unmatched. ----- This excerpt ...
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Nadia Al-Sakka: See Yemen Through My Eyes
July 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Nadia Al-Sakka, a non-traditional Yemenese woman and jouranlist, talks about her country and the changes that are occuring everyday to achieve freedom, democracya nd equality.
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Robert Menzies: The Four Freedoms: Freedom of Speech and Expression (Part 2 of 2)
June 26, 1942 (almost 82 years ago)Continuing his discussion of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's four freedoms, former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies turns to examining how freedom of speech applies to the press.
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Robert Menzies: The Four Freedoms: Freedom of Speech and Expression (Part 1 of 2)
June 19, 1942 (almost 82 years ago)Former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies begins a series of commentaries on the four freedoms coined by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in an attempt to enjoin his listeners to reflect on the full meaning of these phrases. In this particular broadcast, he examines the first freedom, ...
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