Comments on: Talking and listening http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:21:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jack http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48150 Jack Wed, 02 May 2007 19:16:02 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48150 Great! I talked to them about 'Hair', 'Tommy' and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' - all of which they didn't know and found quite extraordinary - so I don't see why The Goodies shouldn't be considered canonical. :) If they ask me for suggested speakers I'll email you about it. Great! I talked to them about ‘Hair’, ‘Tommy’ and ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ - all of which they didn’t know and found quite extraordinary - so I don’t see why The Goodies shouldn’t be considered canonical. :)

If they ask me for suggested speakers I’ll email you about it.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48145 Brett Holman Wed, 02 May 2007 18:08:28 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48145 Hey Jack, that sounds like it could be fun. Put me down as vaguely interested, time permitting. I could certainly prattle on about either of those ideas. In fact, in relation to the second one, I've just been re-watching some DVDs of <em>The Goodies</em> lately and it occurred to me that that's probably where I had my first exposure to the stereotypical Winston Churchill (including "V" signs, cigars, boiler suits, and "never surrender"), among many other British icons. There's probably a post in it, at least ... Hey Jack, that sounds like it could be fun. Put me down as vaguely interested, time permitting. I could certainly prattle on about either of those ideas. In fact, in relation to the second one, I’ve just been re-watching some DVDs of The Goodies lately and it occurred to me that that’s probably where I had my first exposure to the stereotypical Winston Churchill (including “V” signs, cigars, boiler suits, and “never surrender”), among many other British icons. There’s probably a post in it, at least …

]]> By: Jack http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48135 Jack Wed, 02 May 2007 11:34:09 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48135 I have an idea for another talk.... I did two fairly informal lecture/seminar/workshops last year with undergraduates from Texas. I’m assuming they’ll contact me again soon. They come over to QM every summer to do a kind of mid-stage/2nd year optional course on 'British Studies'. There are numerous ‘pathways’ within that: culture, politics, history, sociology, etc, etc. All these pathways have several 'taught' sessions each day, so they're always looking for dozens of speakers on interesting topics, no matter how tangential. They also like the speakers to make things slightly personal and subjective – not quite "off the top of the head", but not far off. I talked about two theatrical topics, but have also offered to talk about 'Contemporary Britain outwith London' (there tends to be a London bias because they're based here, and they find the concept of 'Scotland' rather interesting.) So I'm thinking....something on the Blitz, or Total War - either in London or Britain as a whole? (If they don't ask Dr Todman first.) And/or they might be interested to hear an Aussie talk about the 'colonial' relationship with the UK - historical, political, and/or 1970s-TV-pop-cultural. The field is wide open. I found the students lovely (very focused, but they're 'on holiday' too); none of mine had ever set foot in the UK before and nearly all had never been out of the US; they're always looking for suggested speakers, and the pay rate (cash in hand!) is excellent. They love 'exotic' accents like mine - and yours - too. If they ask me for suggestions, might you be interested, even vaguely? Their QM contact is my secondary supervisor, Peter Catterall. He is a great guy who it would be worth you meeting anyway. (Kudos for me too for finding interesting people!) I have an idea for another talk….

I did two fairly informal lecture/seminar/workshops last year with undergraduates from Texas. I’m assuming they’ll contact me again soon. They come over to QM every summer to do a kind of mid-stage/2nd year optional course on ‘British Studies’. There are numerous ‘pathways’ within that: culture, politics, history, sociology, etc, etc. All these pathways have several ‘taught’ sessions each day, so they’re always looking for dozens of speakers on interesting topics, no matter how tangential. They also like the speakers to make things slightly personal and subjective – not quite “off the top of the head”, but not far off. I talked about two theatrical topics, but have also offered to talk about ‘Contemporary Britain outwith London’ (there tends to be a London bias because they’re based here, and they find the concept of ‘Scotland’ rather interesting.)

So I’m thinking….something on the Blitz, or Total War - either in London or Britain as a whole? (If they don’t ask Dr Todman first.) And/or they might be interested to hear an Aussie talk about the ‘colonial’ relationship with the UK - historical, political, and/or 1970s-TV-pop-cultural. The field is wide open. I found the students lovely (very focused, but they’re ‘on holiday’ too); none of mine had ever set foot in the UK before and nearly all had never been out of the US; they’re always looking for suggested speakers, and the pay rate (cash in hand!) is excellent. They love ‘exotic’ accents like mine - and yours - too.

If they ask me for suggestions, might you be interested, even vaguely? Their QM contact is my secondary supervisor, Peter Catterall. He is a great guy who it would be worth you meeting anyway. (Kudos for me too for finding interesting people!)

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48090 Brett Holman Wed, 02 May 2007 11:03:49 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48090 Neat. It turns out I already have the <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/21389" rel="nofollow">set text</a>! Neat. It turns out I already have the set text!

]]> By: Chris Williams http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48078 Chris Williams Wed, 02 May 2007 10:37:56 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48078 Yes, that's me. By the way, some of the course material from the parent course is also online here: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2091 Yes, that’s me. By the way, some of the course material from the parent course is also online here:
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2091

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48077 Brett Holman Wed, 02 May 2007 09:54:09 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48077 I thought that might draw a response from you :) Thanks. Is <a href="http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01AXR312" rel="nofollow">this</a> it? I thought that might draw a response from you :) Thanks. Is this it?

]]> By: Chris Williams http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48074 Chris Williams Wed, 02 May 2007 08:27:17 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/05/02/talking-and-listening/#comment-48074 Ah - I thought I'd let you know the title. My email went a bit pear-shaped towards the end of last week: apparently there's only so many times I can ignore the 'full mailbox - delete something!' message before it stops working. Anyhow the title of the school is: "Total War and Social Change: Europe 1914 - 1955" Ah - I thought I’d let you know the title. My email went a bit pear-shaped towards the end of last week: apparently there’s only so many times I can ignore the ‘full mailbox - delete something!’ message before it stops working. Anyhow the title of the school is:

“Total War and Social Change: Europe 1914 - 1955″

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