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Counterpoint Podcast Series

Counterpoint at the British Council, carried out research and promoted debate around the most pressing issue of our time: how to live together well in an interdependent world.Counterpoint at the British Council closed in March 2011.This archive of the Counterpoint podcast series brings leading thinkers and practitioners from a wide array of fields to discuss some of the most important issues in cultural relations today. An archive of all our podcasts and interviews can be found here.

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  1. 20

    Dr. Bolette Blaagaard on Wikileaks, Journalism and Cultural Risk

    In Conversation with Counterpoint, Dr. Bolette Blaagaard of City University injects some much-needed nuance into the Wikileaks debate.

  2. 19

    Marcus Gilroy-Ware on Cyberlaw

    Counterpoint speaks to Marcus Gilroy-Ware on the subject of freedom, cyberlaw and the internet as a 'nation-state'

  3. 18

    Counterpoint Multiculturalism debate 25 Oct 2010

    A debate to celebrate the publication of Tariq Modood's latest book, 'Still not easy being British', with the author, Munira Mirza, Sunny Hundal and Catherine Fieschi.

  4. 17

    Sunny Hundal at Counterpoint's multiculturalism debate 25-10-2010

    Sunny Hundal comments at Counterpoint's debate to celebrate the publication of Tariq Modood's latest book, 'Still not easy being British', with the author, Catherine Fieschi, Sunny Hundal and Munira Mirza.

  5. 16

    Catherine Fieschi comments at multiculturalism debate 25-10-2010

    Comments from Chair, Catherine Fieschi during Counterpoint's debate in the British Council London to celebrate the publication of Tariq Modood's latest book, 'Still not easy being British', with the author, Catherine Fieschi, Sunny Hundal and Munira Mirza.

  6. 15

    Cyberspace as a Public Park

    Marianne Franklin, Reader and Convenor of the Transnational Communications and Global Media programme at Goldsmiths, talks to Counterpoint about transnationalism and the nature of social spaces online.

  7. 14

    Culture and Class panel debate

    Counterpoint, the think tank of the British Council launched its pamphlet, Culture and Class - written by John Holden, with a panel debate at the Circus Space, in Hoxton.

  8. 13

    Rethinking 'the refugee': an interview with Peter Gatrell

    What is a refugee? In this podcast Peter Gatrell talks to Counterpoint about the far-reaching, often troubling answers that are given to this question by governments, institutions and people across all layers of contemporary society – and traces the long genealogies of the most ingrained and dangerous responses.

  9. 12

    Bertrand Taithe talks to Counterpoint

    Bertrand Taithe, professor of cultural history and executive director of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester, talks to Counterpoint about humanitarianism, global communities, and differing concepts of the self.

  10. 11

    Tzvetan Todorov keynote at Inner Lives of Cultures

    A complete recording of Tzvetan Todorov's short keynote entitled 'Unity of civilization, plurality of cultures' given at Counterpoint's Inner Lives of Cultures conference,in Brussels 25/02/2010

  11. 10

    Cloud Culture (discussion only) Counterpoint

    Counterpoint, the British Council's think tank launched its book Cloud Culture: the global future of Cultural Relations by Charles Leadbeater with a discussion at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts on 8 Februrary 2010. The evening was chaired by Lloyd Davies, Tuttle Club and included speakers, Ekow Eshun, ICA, Paul Hilder, AVAAZ, Catherine Fieschi, Director Counterpoint, and Charles Leadbeater, the author. For information about use of this recording under a creative commons license, please email [email protected] or see our website: www.counterpoint-online.org/cloud-culture.

  12. 9

    Cloud Culture (panel only)

    Counterpoint, the British Council's think tank launched its book Cloud Culture: the global future of Cultural Relations by Charles Leadbeater with a discussion at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts on 8 Februrary 2010. The evening was chaired by Lloyd Davies, Tuttle Club and included speakers, Ekow Eshun, ICA, Paul Hilder, AVAAZ, Catherine Fieschi, Director Counterpoint, and Charles Leadbeater, the author. For information about use of this recording under a creative commons license, please email [email protected] or see our website: www.counterpoint-online.org/cloud-culture.

  13. 8

    Counterpoint Cloud Culture launch (complete)

    Counterpoint, the British Council's think tank launched its book Cloud Culture: the global future of Cultural Relations by Charles Leadbeater with a discussion at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts on 8 Februrary 2010. The evening was chaired by Lloyd Davies, Tuttle Club and included speakers, Ekow Eshun, ICA, Paul Hilder, AVAAZ, Catherine Fieschi, Director Counterpoint, and Charles Leadbeater, the author. For information about use of this recording under a creative commons license, please email [email protected] or see our website: www.counterpoint-online.org/cloud-culture.

  14. 7

    Bill Thompson talks to Counterpoint

    In this podcast Bill Thompson discusses the current and future prospects for creative commons licenses, freedom on the internet and emerging technologies that will shape the way we live and work.

  15. 6

    'Radical Politics Today' book launch event

    On 25/11/09 Counterpoint hosted the book launch event for Radical Politics Today. Chaired by Jonathan Pugh. On the panel were Doreen Massey, David Chandler and Saskia Sassen.

  16. 5

    Grayson Perry on Consumerism & Arts

    Artist Grayson Perry talks about the arts and artists in a capitalist society.

  17. 4

    Jón Daníelsson talks to Counterpoint

    Ari Magnusson of Counterpoint interviews Jon Daníelsson, reader in finance at the London School of Economics. They discussed the origins of the 2008 financial crash and its implications for Icelandic society.

  18. 3

    Igor Tojcic - Road to Acceptance

    Excerpt from a sound installation by Igor Tojcic commissioned by Counterpoint, the British Council's think tank in 2005. Re-building the Bridges of Bosnia is not just an affair of architects....

  19. 2

    Counterpoint interviews Albyn Hall

    Writer and therapist, Albyn Hall, talks to Counterpoint's Maria Arbiter

  20. 1

    Counterpoint interviews Ed Husain

    Ed Husain of the UK's Quilliam Foundation talks to Catherine Fieschi and Mark Erbel of Counterpoint about Islamism, British Identity and strategies to counter violent extremism. Counterpoint is the British Council's think tank

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Counterpoint at the British Council, carried out research and promoted debate around the most pressing issue of our time: how to live together well in an interdependent world.Counterpoint at the British Council closed in March 2011.This archive of the Counterpoint podcast series brings leading thinkers and practitioners from a wide array of fields to discuss some of the most important issues in cultural relations today. An archive of all our podcasts and interviews can be found here.

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