Found 0 - 10 results of 13 programs matching keyword "digital culture"


Science in the City:  The Art and Science of Tattoos (Clip)
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00:04:58
Throughout history, tattoos have represented conquests, coming of age, religion, spirituality, art, and even punishment. Today, tattoos are alive and thriving as a form of personal expression. How have modern techniques changed this art form? What are best practices in tattoo creation and care? Why are tattoos permanent—and when are they not? Join us as we "talk tat" with artitsts Suzanne "Fishy" Shifflett and Tanya Wischerath of Modern Electric Tattoo in San Francisco.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: September 28, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art

Keywords: tattoos, art, design, culture, tattoo artist


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Polynesian Navigation:  We Are All Astronomers (Clip)
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00:03:13
The intertwining of astronomy, Hawaiian ancestry, and traditional navigation are the subject of this video featuring astrophysicist Paul Coleman, cultural historian Koa Rice, and captain Billy Richards.

Project: Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation | Browse All

Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, History

Keywords: astronomers, stellar navigation, hawaiian culture


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Evidence:  Chimpanzees: Culture Loss (Clip)
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00:00:47
Primatologist Christophe Boesch explains that declining chimpanzee populations threatens the study of chimpanzee culture.

Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All

Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science

Keywords: chimpanzee, chimpanzee culture, habitat loss

Links: Transcript (in English)
Transcript (en Español)

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Evidence:  Chimpanzee Cooperation (Clip)
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00:03:02
Do chimps cooperate even when they’re not related? The traditional answer is no, but primatologist Linda Vigilant explains how genetics is revising this belief.

Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All

Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science

Keywords: chimpanzee, chimpanzee culture

Links: Transcript (in English)
Transcript (en Español)

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Ice Stories:  Barrow, Alaska: A Sense of Place (Clip)
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00:04:19
A video portrait of Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost settlement in the United States.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: September 1, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):

Keywords: barrow, arctic, alaska, scenic, hunting, point barrow, nuvuk, people of the arctic, inupiaq, culture

Links: Big Idea: Barrow, Alaska

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Ice Stories:  Whales Under Ice (Clip)
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00:02:52
Craig George and Glenn Sheehan explain how scientists have learned from Iñupiaq hunters to make more accurate counts of bowhead whales.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: September 1, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: whales, bowhead, arctic, alaska, hunters, traditional knowledge, iñupiaq, culture, ice, hunting

Links: Big Idea: Pairing Scientific and Traditional Knowledge

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Origins: Hubble:  The Very Latest from Hubble (Webcast)
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0:40:48
On the occasion of Hubble's 15th birthday we unveil two spectacular mosaic images from the telescope, discuss the amazing accomplishments of Hubble during the past 15 years, and look at some of the images from space.

Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All

Date: April 26, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: hubble telescope, digital images, photography, planets, stars, galaxies, orbits, solar panels, atmosphere


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Saturn:  Titan: Up Close and Personal (Webcast)
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00:26:34
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Seeing:  Visual Literacy: A Talk With James Elkins (Webcast)
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1:24:22
What is visual literacy--and who is literate? Join guest lecturer James Elkins in an evening of commentary on the many ways we "read" the visual world and assign meaning to what we see.

Project: Seeing Exhibition | Browse All

Date: August 21, 2002
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Arts

Keywords: visual studies, visual culture, interpretation of images, art history, visual analysis, visual coomunication


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Origins: Hubble:  Astronomy to Art: Making Hubble Heritage (Webcast)
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1:10:23
A unique chance to watch the live progression of the making of a Hubble image! We'll select an image to follow over the course of the following webcasts, showing you the steps along the way as it goes from raw data to a full-color picture. And we'll talk with people who bring Hubble's fantastic images to the public. Part 2 of the previous program.

Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All

Date: April 22, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Art

Keywords: hubble heritage, telescope, digital images, photography, planets, stars, galaxies


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