Café Culture welcomes you to a season of discussions on culture, politics, philosophy and science. The Events: Our events are open to and welcome everyone. No prior knowledge is needed. Events are free and take place on Mondays (usually the first and third) from 7pm prompt until 9pm. Events are held at Gingers Café at Dance City, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE1 4BR You can enjoy a meal in the café beforehand, or snacks and drinks during the break. A three minute walk from Central Station (railway and Metro). NCP car park next to the venue via Waterloo Street. Secure bicycle parking outside. Nearest taxi rank: Central Station. Wheelchair access. Please note we provide a hearing induction loop system at all our events unless otherwise stated. Follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/cafeculturenortheast Podcast produced by PodcastDigital.co.uk
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 6 hours 7 minutes
Episode 11: Café Scientifiqué - Can we read the mind? Should we? - Gary Green
How far can we and should we go in reading the mind? Gary Green, York University, will discuss what is currently possible and debate associated ethics.
Episode 10: Café Politique - Barry Knight, Child poverty: Stereotypes, scapegoats, solutions
The right blames the poor; the left blames the government. Social scientist Barry Knight will argue that solving the problem requires a radical approach to child poverty
Episode 9: Café Culturel - A meeting place? A year as Baltic Professor - Christine Borland
Acclaimed international artist Christine Borland discusses her research which focuses on medical institutions, including her observations and participation in their practices.
Episode 8: Café Culture Scientifiqué - Cochlear implants: Scientific and ethic considerations - Jackie Leach Scully
Jackie Leach Scully, PEALS, Newcastle University, will address the scientific and ethical issues regarding the increasingly common use of cochlear implants.
Episode 7: Café Philosophique Part 2 - Pathologies of the postmodern - Professor Patricia Waugh
Professor Patricia Waugh , Durham University, will investigate the pathologies, mental and physical, epidemic and imagined, that have particular resonance in postmodern culture
Episode 6: Café Philosophique - Pathologies of the postmodern - Angela Wood
Angela Woods, Durham University, will investigate the pathologies, mental and physical, epidemic and imagined, that have particular resonance in postmodern culture
Episode 5: Café Scientifique - What we have learned, so far, from analysing the 2011 Census
Chris Stephens will explore with us what we have learned so far, at TWRI Policy and Research, from the 2011 Census
Episode 4: Africa's new populist politics
Miles Larmer, Sheffield University, will discuss whether Africa's new populists are the answer to decades of economic and political crises.
Episode 3: Do the Public Need to Understand Science?
Noel Jackson is Head of Education at the Centre for Life and asks - Is it important for the public to have a basic, moderate or even a deep understanding of scientific concepts? Does it matter if they don’t?
Episode 2: Max Weber and the Spiders from Inner Space
Playing fast and loose with Max Weber's famous observation that people are animals, suspended in webs of meaning they themselves have spun, John Given of narrativeworks.co.uk invites us to track the 'narrative turn' taken by social sciences