大象传媒

Detective fiction - homicide and social media

Detective fiction - how it represents social change. Also homicide confessions on Facebook

• 28 mins

No-Go Zones and Dangerous Holidays

Global no-go zones and the complex overlap between conflict and tourism.

• 29 mins

The Politics of Memorials

The Politics of Memorials - from Ireland to the Mississippi Delta.

• 26 mins

Conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories - their origins and evolution.

• 28 mins

Land and territory

Land struggles: from Bolivia to Britain.

• 28 mins

Estates

Council estates - then and now. Laurie Taylor explores the concept of the 'sink estate'.

• 28 mins

Serial killers

Serial killers: the media and cultural response to these crimes.

• 28 mins

Cool

The origins & meaning of 'cool'

• 28 mins

Immortality - transhumanism

Immortality and transhumanism

• 28 mins

Disasters

Disasters: from Haiti to New Orleans.

• 28 mins

Time

Time - how do we use & how has this changed in the last 50 years?

• 28 mins

Thrift

Thrift and austerity

• 28 mins

Black music cultures in London

Black music cultures - how did they evolve in London?

• 28 mins

The Religious Right in the US

The religious right in the US - an exploration of their route to power.

• 28 mins

Borders

Borders: from Calais to Mexico.

• 28 mins

Hidden gay lives

Hidden gay lives, from Polari to true crime stories.

• 29 mins

Nudity

Nudity - its cultural history and changing meaning.

• 29 mins

Water

Water: a cultural as well as a natural substance.

• 29 mins

Loss

Loss - an exploration of different forms of lost experience.

• 29 mins

Citizenship

Citizenship - from schools to the process by which immigrants become British citizens.

• 28 mins

Loneliness

Loneliness - is it a uniquely modern emotion?

• 28 mins

Kidnap

Kidnap for ransom, past and present.

• 28 mins

Trust in a time of pandemic

Trust in a time of pandemic.

• 28 mins

Blood

Blood - its many meanings.

• 28 mins

Finance

Traders and finance.

• 27 mins

Rummage - Waste

Rummage & waste: a social history of recycling and an examination of the meaning of waste.

• 27 mins

Ignorance

Strategic ignorance and knowledge resistance.

• 27 mins

Bunkers

Bunkers: building for doomsday.

• 27 mins

Cars

Cars: How do cars transmit our identities behind the wheel?

• 27 mins

Elites

Elites: Why has anti-elitism become such a common stable of media and political rhetoric?

• 27 mins