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The Problem of Evil

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In Our Spare Times
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Oxford students discuss the problem posed by the existence of evil in the world to the Christian and Hindu gods.

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In Our Spare Times
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Alice Harberd
Frazer MacDiarmid
Luke Martin
Tilak Parekh
Keywords
theology
philosophy
christianity
hinduism
Department: Magdalen College
Date Added: 26/07/2017
Duration: 00:48:37

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Gifts, entitlements, benefits and surplus: interrogating food poverty and food aid in the UK

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Anthropology
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The 2017 Mary Douglas Memorial Lecture was given in Oxford on 24 May by Prof. Pat Caplan of Goldsmiths, London.

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Anthropology
People
Pat Caplan
Keywords
society
anthropology
food
poverty
UK
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 26/07/2017
Duration: 00:49:25

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The concept of culture in cultural evolution

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Anthropology
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In his keynote speech for the Cultural Evolution Workshop (held in the Pitt Rivers Museum on 28 February 2017), Prof. Tim Lewens of Cambridge examines the concept of culture in cultural evolution.

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Anthropology
People
Tim Lewens
Keywords
society
anthropology
culture
theory
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 26/07/2017
Duration: 00:44:00

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Why do children doubt magic, but believe in the miraculous?

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Anthropology
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Prof. Paul Harris (Harvard Graduate School of Education) examines why children are skeptical about magical phenomena but are willing to believe in supposedly miraculous violations of everyday causal constraints. 12 May 2017.

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Anthropology
People
Paul Harris
Keywords
society
anthropology
cognition
children
magic
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 26/07/2017
Duration: 00:49:45

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Transformation through Ritual: Bodies as Sacred Space

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Anthropology
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A seminar of the Anthropology Research Group at Oxford on Eastern Medicines and Religions. Dr Ann R. David (University of Roehampton) focuses on Tamil worshippers in the UK to discuss the role of ritual in religion and dance. 18 January 2017.

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Anthropology
People
Ann R. David
Keywords
society
tamil
india
anthropology
ritual
religion
dance
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 26/07/2017
Duration: 00:49:43

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Climate, weather, culture

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Anthropology
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In this Departmental Seminar, Prof. Steve Rayner examines the blossoming of anthropological attention to climate change over the last ten years. 17 February 2017.

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Anthropology
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Steve Rayner
Keywords
society
anthropology
climate
Environment
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 26/07/2017
Duration: 01:00:31

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The great migration of summer 2015: trajectories, journeys and hubs

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Anthropology
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In this Departmental Seminar, Dr Franck Düvell (COMPAS) focuses on the great migration of 2015 when it is estimated that 12 million people were newly displaced. 20 January 2017.

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Anthropology
People
Franck Düvell
Keywords
society
anthropology
migration
immigration
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 26/07/2017
Duration: 00:59:53

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Exhibiting violence and social change in Brazil

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Anthropology
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Prof. Elizabeth B. Silva (The Open University) discusses the role of staged events in remembering the establishment of dictatorship in Brazil in 1964. 19 May 2017.

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Anthropology
People
Elizabeth B. Silva
Keywords
society
anthropology
brazil
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 26/07/2017
Duration: 00:57:12

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Women in India’s waste economy

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Anthropology
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In this Departmental Seminar, Prof. Barbara Harriss-Whiten draws on anthropology, economics and politics to examine the role of women in Indian society. 12 May 2017.

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Anthropology
People
Barbara Harriss-White
Keywords
society
anthropology
economics
women
india
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 26/07/2017
Duration: 01:13:05

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The Gorongosa Restoration Project, Mozambique

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Greg Carr, the President of the Gorongosa Restoration Project in Mozambique, gives an overview of how the Gorongosa National Park has evolved since Mozambique's civil conflict ended in 1992. 5 May 2017.

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Anthropology
People
Greg Carr
Keywords
conservation
palaeontology
primatology
Africa
mozambique
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 26/07/2017
Duration: 00:29:41

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