OII Internet Awards 2014: Interview with Laura Bates

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Interview with Laura Bates on receiving an internet and society award at the OII Internet Awards 2014.

Laura Bates discusses the origins of the Everyday Sexism project, its intended audience, and the early difficulties she faced when talking about the problem of the normalisation of sexism and getting people to acknowledge its existence. She discusses the irony that the Internet can be used both as a medium to enable people to join together to promote positive social change, but also to intimidate women (eg through trolling). She discusses what we can do to control trolling and sexual harassment, such as social media companies putting the safety of the user at the centre of their policies; government making sure that people are prosecuted for illegal behaviours such as making death threats (even when it 'only' takes place online); what we can do individually to speak out against unacceptable behaviour; and the important role of education in schools at a young age to combat the normalisation of sexism and violence against women. She finishes by discussing the future of the everyday sexism project; whether the tide is turning (she notes a massive increase in men writing in to say they didn't realise the scale of the problem, and women writing to say they didn't realise they could speak out..), or whether there will be as great a need for the project in ten years' time as now.

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Department: Oxford Internet Institute

Date Added: 09/01/2015

Duration: 00:09:35

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OII Internet Awards 2014: Interview with Dame Stephanie Shirley

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Interview with Dame Stephanie Shirley on receiving a lifetime achievement award at the OII Internet Awards 2014.

Dame Stephanie Shirley, the OII's founding donor, discusses her early career as founder and Chief Executive of software company, Xansa plc. She discusses organisational and early feminist culture, the role of women in IT / STEM (and how to encourage greater involvement), and entrepreneurship and social consciousness, particularly in relation to her important role as a philanthropist. She closes with thoughts on the future of the Oxford Internet Institute.

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Stephanie Shirley

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Department: Oxford Internet Institute

Date Added: 09/01/2015

Duration: 00:08:27

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OII Internet Awards 2014: Interview with Barry Wellman

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Interview with Barry Wellman on receiving a lifetime achievement award at the OII Internet Awards 2014.

Barry Wellman discusses his early work on urban sociology and social networks in the city, and describes how this fascination with the evolution of community relationships shaped his scholarship. He offers insights into the concept of 'networked individualism' as it plays out across different spheres of our lives, particularly in networked work, and sets a research agenda for the next stage of his remarkable career.

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Department: Oxford Internet Institute

Date Added: 09/01/2015

Duration: 00:10:51

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The Arrow of Time

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In the fourth lecture, Harvey Brown asks why real-world events always proceed in the direction of increasing entropy, even though the laws of physics don’t require it.

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Date Added: 07/01/2015

Duration: 00:51:31

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The Probability Puzzle

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In the third lecture, David Wallace asks how we make sense of probability in the Many-Worlds theory.

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Date Added: 07/01/2015

Duration: 00:39:07

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The Life of Psi: More on the Superposition Principle

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In the second lecture, Harvey Brown discusses in more depth the superposition principle of quantum mechanics.

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Date Added: 07/01/2015

Duration: 00:44:14

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The Plurality of Worlds

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In this first lecture, David Wallace examines the justification for interpreting the superposition states as multiplicities.

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Date Added: 06/01/2015

Duration: 00:53:29

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The Emergent Multiverse

The Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics holds that quantum theory - our best current theory of physics - is correctly understood as claiming that there are many worlds that exist in parallel to our own and which branch constantly off our own. The existence of the other worlds makes it possible to make sense of physics without action-at-a-distance, objective randomness, or any strange role for "observer" or "consciousness". During this weekend school we shall be discussing this interpretation of quantum mechanics and asking what would follow from its being the correct one.

Stuck in the middle: Waiting and Uncertainty in Immigration Detention

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Sarah Turnbull - Centre for Criminology - 7 October 2014 at National Law University, Delhi

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Department: Faculty of Law

Date Added: 06/01/2015

Duration: 00:21:49

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Immigration Enforcement

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Prof Jennifer Chacon, School of Law, University of California - 12 November 2014

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