Category: I-L

Contemporary American Culture, Copyright, I-L, Information Literacy, Law, Media Studies, Music, New Media, Technology, the Internet

Girl Talk on the Process of Remixing Culture

Musician Girl Talk discusses the process and the perils of making music using mash-up. This might be an interesting video to consider for a law class or in discussions about plagiarism or cultural appropriation. If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlPkIS-uNMk” Continue reading Girl Talk on the Process of Remixing Culture

Lindsey Albracht
I-L, Media Studies, the Internet

An anthropological introduction to youtube

Professor Michael Wesch’s presentation about youtube at the Library of Congress on June 23, 2008 created in collaboration with his students. If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU”   Continue reading An anthropological introduction to youtube

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Archival Footage, Civil Rights Movement, History, I-L, Politics, Race, Religion

King Jr., Martin Luther, “The Other America” (1967)

King speaks at Stanford University about the struggle to achieve meaningful reforms for civil rights abuses. If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3H978KlR20”   Continue reading King Jr., Martin Luther, “The Other America” (1967)

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Business, Civil Rights Movement, History, I-L, Management, Politics, Race, Religion

King Jr., Martin Luther, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (1963)

This is a performance of the letter by management professor James Fredrickson (of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas Austen), which includes music, reenactments, and archival footage. McCombs uses the letter in his management leadership classes. Read more about it here.  If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” … Continue reading King Jr., Martin Luther, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (1963)

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Civil Rights Movement, Famous Figures, History, I-L, Politics, Race, Religion

King Jr., Martin Luther, “The Drum Major Instinct” (1968)

One of, or perhaps the, last sermon King delivered before he was assassinated. Includes a description of his own funeral at minute 35, and what he wishes will be said at the eulogy. If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBiFnDuCJIU” Continue reading King Jr., Martin Luther, “The Drum Major Instinct” (1968)

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