Eyewitnesses, Memory and Oral History
Radio National’s Hindsight had an excellent program this week. Inga Clendinnen, Paul Thompson, Peter Read, Heather Goodall, Sean Field and Bonnie Smith took part in the program (podcast here) titled The Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting. I thought the program explored very effectively the relationships between history and memory. I liked in particular the discussion [...]
Visual Literacy and Fair Play
Two recent events have stimulated animated discussion about the role video can and should play in officiating. Thierry Henry’s handball in a World Cup Football qualifying game led to a FIFA disciplinary commission hearing. The International Cricket Council will investigate the umpire decision review system after protests about decisions made in the fourth test match [...]
