13651. The Ethics of Naming and the Perils of Masking in Ethnography (1:27:24)

Date:
2015-12-11
Main contributors:
Jerolmack, Colin
Summary:
Ethnographers routinely employ pseudonyms and even mask the sites (e.g., street corner, neighborhood, city) of their research. This is usually justified as an ethical necessity, to protect our participants. In this talk, drawing from a paper I am co-authoring with Alexandra Murphy (Michigan), I challenge this justification and spell out some of the ways that masking can potentially harm research participants and impede social science research. Regarding ethics, I show, on the one hand, how masking often fails to provide the guaranteed degree of identity protection and, on the other hand, how research participants may have a very different understanding of what the researcher owes them that has little to do with whether or not they are named (e.g., portraying them as a human, not just a social type). Regarding scientific integrity, I argue that masking reifies ethnographic authority, invokes a pseudo-generalizability that downplays the particularities of the case (e.g., "Middletown"), and inhibits replicability (or "revisits"), falsifiability, or comparison. I conclude by arguing that masking is a convention, not an ethical or IRB necessity, and while I concede that there are many cases in which masking is the ethical choice, I contend that we should no longer consider it the default option.

13653. The roots of labor unions (30:29)

Date:
1962
Summary:
Labor unions in the U.S. play an important role in economic life. In spite of their influence, however, it has been in relatively recent years that unions have become strong. Current issues involving labor cannot be understood, apart from the story of its past, which is outlined.

13655. The constitution and censorship (28:52)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Shows the relationship of the Constitution to the issue of prior restraint on freedom of expression. Presents the case of Burstyn v. Wilson challenging the constitutionality of New York State's film censorship system and Cantwell v. Connecticut involving questions of freedom of speech and religion. Discusses the questions pertaining to freedom of speech when multiplied via recordings or film, and how the claims of free expression can be weighed against claims for local, state, or federal protection.

13658. Thermal noise (00:10)

Date:
2016-11-14
Main contributors:
LIGO Scientific Collaboration
Summary:
Thermal noise. Created by LIGO.

13659. Leveraging the power of the Web for science (52:30)

Date:
2015-06-09
Main contributors:
Thaney, Kaitlin
Summary:
Opening keynote talk by Kaitlin Thaney, Director of the Mozilla Science Lab, at Open Repositories 2015 (OR2015), the 10th International Conference on Open Repositories, Indianapolis, Indiana. Note that due to flight cancellations and delays, Kaitlin Thaney was unable to make it to Indianapolis, so her keynote talk was presented via Skype.

13660. An alternative to imprisonment (29:30)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman outlines probation as a special alternative to the criminal-making influences of the prison system, stating that probation can effectively replace detention; although it is considered in the public mind as a form of leniency and improperly administered it becomes “beating the rap.” Two men with criminal experience are interviewed to illustrate this alternative. Meeker and Lohman delve into the necessary requirements to make probation an instrument for controlling criminal behavior and if its potentialities for reclaiming those who have strayed outside the social role are to be used to the fullest extent.

13661. The geography of the United States (29:19)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Discusses how the size, shape, and location of the land mass of the United States accounts for our country's growth to a world power. Features a brief travelogue of the United States.

13662. After jail, what? (29:34)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman explains that a major portion of the crime problem is a result of what society does about initial and relatively less serious crime. An interviewed inmate tells that he was less damaged by his prior criminal experience than by his prison experiences. Public sentiment has not kept pace with the progress of penological attitudes, say Lohman and Bates. This is a cause of prison experiences making an inmate more dangerous to the public. They emphasize that a prison must make offenders self-reliant, rather than dependent, and indicate methods by which this can be accomplished.

13663. The constitution and censorship (28:52)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Shows the relationship of the Constitution to the issue of prior restraint on freedom of expression. Presents the case of Burstyn v. Wilson challenging the constitutionality of New York State's film censorship system and Cantwell v. Connecticut involving questions of freedom of speech and religion. Discusses the questions pertaining to freedom of speech when multiplied via recordings or film, and how the claims of free expression can be weighed against claims for local, state, or federal protection.

13664. Understanding the law (equal justice for all) (12:38)

Date:
1953
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Robert K. Carr, Milan Herzog
Summary:
Explains the right of individuals to be protected from the law and by the law, and dramatizes a felony case to illustrate step-by-step functions in the due process of law.

13665. Lecture - Géza Szilvay (October 28,2015) (1:05:11)

Date:
2015
Main contributors:
Geza Szilvay, lecturer
Summary:
Géza Szilvay, of the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, delivers a lecture to students of Mimi Zweig, Professor of Music (Violin, Viola) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

13666. Brother Antoninus and Michael Mcclure (29:10)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Depicts Michael McClure, an experimental poet who has written in many styles, and Brother Antoninus, a Dominican lay brother who is distinguished as a poet because of his unique combination of poetry reading and dramatic encounters with his audiences. Touches upon McClure's use of hallucinogenic drugs for achieving poetry that speaks directly out of the emotions and his experimental system of developing poetry through the use of words printed on cards which are shuffled to create poems at random. Places the viewer in the audience during one of Brother Antoninus' celebrated readings.

13667. Transcodes and Transfers: Exploring the MDPI Back-end Processing (56:15)

Date:
2016-04-06
Main contributors:
Wheeler, Brian
Summary:
The process of converting the digitized MDPI media into something that can be used for web delivery is conceptually simple: transcode each one into derivatives and transfer them to the delivery system. However, like most things, the devil is in the details. Data corruption, tape latency, and managing large amounts of data are just a few of the problems which must be overcome. This session will follow the steps that MDPI digital objects take during processing and explore the solutions used to create a system which must reliably process hundreds of hours of audio and video content daily.

13669. Colonization Part II - Mechanism and Registration (31:06)

Date:
1972-07-21
Main contributors:
Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012
Summary:
Father Boniface Hardin continues a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about the colonization movement in Indiana and efforts to resettle free African Americans in Africa in the 19th century. Topics include the 1852 establishment of the colonization board in Indiana and purchase of land in Liberia, arguments for and against colonization, solicitation and instructions to emigres, accounts of those who emigrated, and the eventual demise of the movement.

13675. Ama-no-Iwato or the celestial cave (29:43)

Date:
1959
Summary:
This is a legend about the sun goddess – on whom the world depends for light – who became angered and hid in a celestial cave and refused to shed her light on the world. A rooster’s crow, a fire and a big mirror were used to lure her from her cave. Mr. Mikami illustrates the story with a brush painting of a rooster.

13676. Staging the opera (29:30)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Describes the fundamental relationships existing between music, staging, and words in the successful and meaningful production of an opera. Stresses the importance, on the part of the stage director and the actors, of understanding the language of the music in arriving at staging procedures. Shows correct and incorrect examples of fitting stage movement to the music using selections from Don Giovanni, Faust, and Carmen. (WQED) Kinescope.

13677. The Tale of the Ryoben-Cedar (29:35)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells the Japanese legend about a cedar tree which stands in front of the temple in Nara, Japan. The tree is said to be the spot where an old and grieving mother found her grow son who had been carried away by a hawk while he was still an infant. Illustrates the story using Japanese brush painting techniques. Shows how to paint a hawk.

13678. Opera in English (29:39)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Mr. Goldovsky discusses his basic philosophy of the Opera in English and demonstrates his production techniques with excerpts from Rigoletto, and his own personal story of the need for the broader concept and acceptance of opera.

13679. [Ukraine, L'viv, Boryslav; Jews, Ukrainians, Yiddish-speakers; Interviews, 2007] (3:47:23)

Date:
2007
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include life during and after World War II, Polish songs, the Stalinist purges of 1937, circumcision ritual, education, prewar Jewish life, Jewish weddings, Jewish literature, food customs, Yiddish theater, Jewish occupations, recipes, postwar Jewish life, cultural terminology, linguistic and dialectological discussion about the Yiddish language, prayer customs, imprisonment in Pechera concentration camp, Ukrainian school, life on a kolkhoz, Yiddish songs, folk customs, winemaking, life in the Dzegovka ghetto.

13682. The Shining Princess (29:39)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells and illustrates the Japanese legend of a beautiful princess and the part she plays in making Mt. Fuji a volcano. Demonstrates the brush painting techniques used to paint Mt. Fuji.

13683. The wife of Kazutoyo Yamanouchi (29:49)

Date:
1959
Summary:
This is the tale of the historical Japanese figure, Lord Nobunaga Oda, an impoverished Samurai. The Samurai’s clever wife finds a way to help her husband obtain a beautiful stallion. Mr. Mikami demonstrates the steps involved in drawing a horse.

13684. Benkei (29:41)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Tells and illustrates the Japanese legend of a man who roamed the streets of Kyoto at night and took men's swords. He meets his match, however, and ends up the servant of another man. Demonstrates the brush painting techPiques used in painting Benkei and the man who defeats him.

13685. The rope (29:30)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Continues the painting shown in THE CROSS. Shows the addition of the rope to the painting, binding "The Man of Sorrows" to the cross. "The process of further developing and finishing the surface of the painting has begun. (KETC) Kinescope.

13686. Dr. Henry M. Wriston : education for management and administration (29:35)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Wriston discusses his views on education for positions in management and administration. He outlines the problems of administering a university, and what makes a good administrator. Concludes by providing recommendations for improving education in the United States, and how to solve the problem of quality and quantity in education. Hosted by Dr. Henry M. Wriston, former President of Brown University and Chairman of the American Assembly. His guests are John S. Millis, President of Western Reserve University and Edward Green, Executive Assistant to the President of Westinghouse Airbrake Corporation.

13687. Dr. Thomas Parran : the Surgeon General (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Parran reviews the changes in Public Health Service during his years as United States Surgeon General. He discusses the breakthrough in the control of venereal disease, how the Roosevelt Administration brought a new concept to public healthand the changing ideas of the American people toward health programs. Concludes by pointing out the effect of World War II on public health service.

13688. Dr. Henry M. Wriston : the development of the Department of State (29:19)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Dr. Wriston is interviewed by Edward Green, executive assistant to the President on the Westinghouse Air Brake Corporation, and Dr. Joseph Zasloff, professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Wriston discusses his life-long interest in the State Department. His interest grew while he was a graduate student at Harvard. He traces the State Department from the time of George Washington to the present. He claims the department had little serious responsibility before World War I, that in past years the Foreign Service was a corps of independently wealthy elite, and that now the United States had an extraordinarily well-trained foreign service. However, according to Dr. Wriston, the idea of a Foreign Service Institute to train diplomats as thoroughly as the military academies train military man, is a good one which has been poorly executed.

13689. Dr. Thomas Parran : the graduate school of public health (29:37)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Parran discusses the problems involved in setting up a graduate school of public health. After World War II, the AW Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust sought an opportunity to aid public health. The decision was made to form a graduate school of public health at the University of Pittsburgh, containing facilities to train students, a research center, and a free outpatient clinic for welfare cases. Dr. Parran talks of his problems in setting up the school, forming a faculty, settling problems arising from conflicting philosophies, and other facets of establishing the school.

13690. Dr. Henry M. Wriston : diplomacy in a democracy (29:39)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Wriston discusses diplomacy as practiced in a democracy. He explains the importance of public opinion as an influence in foreign policy and how communications media have aided in public understanding. Presents views on maintaining continuity of foreign policy under changing administrations. Concludes by pointing out the various problems involved in planning foreign policy. Hosted by Dr. Henry M. Wriston, former President of Brown University and Chairman of the American Assembly.

13691. Dr. Thomas Parran : international health (29:42)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dr. Parran reviews the growth of international health programs during the past twenty-five years. He discusses the work of the League of Nations, U.S. plans for improving health in South America, relief agencies in Europe following World War II, and public health in the Soviet Union. Presents his views on cooperative assistance programs in underdeveloped countries, technical aid, and training programs.

13692. Dr. Thomas Parran : the past and the future (29:44)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Former US Surgeon General Dr. Thomas Parran discusses his history as a medical doctor working for the United States department of health. Included are stories on his family background, experiences at medical school, and time as a public health worker where he was involved in stopping outbreaks of smallpox, typhus, and syphilis. Dr. Parran is interviewed by Adolph Schmidt, Roger James Crabtree, and Emory Bacon.

13693. Eugene Ormandy : the duties and responsibilities of the music director (30:13)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Mr. Ormandy discusses, with his guests, the duties and responsibilities of the music director. Explains the problems of programming, personnel changes in the orchestra, keeping standards, placement of instruments, and the importance of the conductor. he also expresses his views concerning the relationships between the conductor and orchestra, and the duties of the music critic in America today.

13695. [Japan] (14:03)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Depicted here are random scenes of Japanese life that were likely shot by a United States Armed Forces soldier. This film was shot circa 1945.

13696. Bugs beetle (08:02)

Date:
1948
Summary:
This is a Paul Terry Toon animation; a fly and his girl go to an insect nightclub, but a spider crashes the scene to kidnap the girl.

13697. The Don Yoder Lecture in Religious Folklife: "A Subtle Thing Withal”: Reflections on the Ineffab... (1:18:04)

Date:
2015-10-15
Main contributors:
Brady, Erika, Kruesi, Margaret, Primiano, Leonard Norman
Summary:
Many years ago as a graduate student studying William Langland’s Vision of Piers Plowman, I came upon what was evidently a popular scatological riddle pertaining to a profound theological teaching. Since that time I have continued to ruminate over the role of humor—especially sexual and scatological humor—arising from within vernacular Catholicism. In this talk, I will consider the serious play of such forms of expression and their significance for folklorists concerned with the nature of belief in the sacred.

13700. Placing the right man on the job (12:28)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Dramatized cases of five different workers, unsatisfactory in particular jobs, who are reassigned to other jobs more suitable to their abilities and capacities.