Name: Adorno and the ban on Images by King's College London in Quentin Lauvray
Duration: 50 min 38 s
Description: Dr Cat Moir (University of Sydney)in conversation with Dr Sebastian Truskolaski (King's College London) about his new book, Adorno and the Ban on Images (Bloomsbury, 2021). Part of King's College London's Comparative Literature Department's research seminar series, 3 March 2021.

Quentin Lauvray

Dr Cat Moir (University of Sydney)in conversation with Dr Sebastian Truskolaski (King's College London) about his new book, Adorno and the Ban on Images (Bloomsbury, 2021). Part of King's College London's Comparative Literature Department's research seminar series, 3 March 2021.

Adorno and the ban on Images

This piece has been composed as part of the ACTOR Project (https://www.actorproject.org)
live recording on May 4th 2021 by :
Jeanne Côté, Violin
Martin Daigle, Percussion
Eric Bourgeois, Trombone
Matias Perinetti-Paniagua, Bass Clarinet
Charles-Eric Fontaine, Conducting
Recording : Yangwanqing Zhou, Ying-Ying Zhang & Martha DeFrancisco
Thank you to : Ryan Cass (Trombone) and Elia Foster (Bass Clarinet)for their creative input

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Iceland, 1956. Fifteen-year-old Lára spends the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavík.

In early August, the girl disappears without a trace.

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Thirty years later in August, 1986, as the city of Reykjavík celebrates its 200th anniversary, journalist Valur Robertsson begins his own investigation into Lara's case. But as he draws closer to discovering the secret, and with the eyes of Reykjavík upon him, it soon becomes clear that Lara's disappearance is a mystery that someone will stop at nothing to keep unsolved . . .

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Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere... An act of kindness sees Richard Mayhew catapulted from his ordinary life into the strange world of London Below. There he meets the Earl of Earl's Court, faces a life-threatening ordeal at the hands of the Black Friars, comes face to face with the Great Beast of London, and encounters an Angel. Called Islington. Accompanied by the mysterious Door and her companions, the Marquis de Carabas and the bodyguard Hunter, Richard embarks on an extraordinary quest to escape from the fiendish assassins Croup and Vandemar and to discover who ordered them to murder her family - all the while trying to get back to his old life in London Above. Adapted for radio by the award-winning Dirk Maggs, this captivating dramatisation features a stellar cast including David Harewood, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Christopher Lee, Anthony Head and David Schofield. Contains over 25 minutes of additional unbroadcast material, including extended scenes, bloopers and outtakes.


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Hard-right parties did well in Europe's parliamentary elections—so well in France that President Emmanuel Macron <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/06/09/as-the-french-hard-right-triumphs-in-eu-elections-macron-calls-snap-vote?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">called</a> a risky snap election. Elsewhere, though, the political centre held. We examine the policies that are getting America’s many <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/05/09/american-pupils-have-missed-too-much-school-since-the-pandemic?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">chronically truant students</a> back in school (9:13). And the delicate business of <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2024/05/16/how-not-to-name-a-new-car?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">naming a new car</a> (16:42). Get a world of insights by <a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subscribing to Economist Podcasts+</a>. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our <a href="https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQs page</a> or watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our video</a> explaining how to link your account. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

French anti-foreign legion: an EU-election shock

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Doing their not-own thing: “generation rent”

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It’s no secret that rivers winding through major cities have been reshaped by human hands. Where wildlife and marshes once existed, gray sidewalks and bleak straight-lined tributaries have blossomed. 

Now, some cities are implementing floating wetlands — native plant life on a body of biodegradable materials that bobs on top of the water — to address a budding desire to see animals and greenery return to their rivers. 

In this podcast episode, Jenaye Johnson speaks with scientists and community members in Chicago about the Wild Mile — the city's biggest floating wetland to date. Join her as she winds down the Chicago River, explores the wetlands and discusses the future of new animal habitats and clean water in our urban spaces. 

And check out the associated article on Scienceline: https://scienceline.org/2024/06/wilding-city-rivers/ 

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In this episode of The Bartlett Review podcast, we delve into the pressing question: is our focus on GDP growth truly beneficial, or is it exacerbating our most critical challenges? 

As climate and ecological crises deepen and economic inequality widens, the limitations of GDP as a measure of progress become starkly evident. Join Professor Bob Costanza from UCL's Institute for Global Prosperity as he explores these issues with Professor Kate Pickett from the University of York's Department of Health Sciences, and Sandrine Dixson-Declève, co-president of the Club of Rome. 

For more information and to access the transcript: https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/is-gdp-fit-for-purpose/index.html

Date of episode recording: 2024-05-13T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:31:33
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Robert Costanza
Guests: Kate Pickett; Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Producer: Adam Batstone and Victoria Howard

Prof Bob Costanza, Dr Kate Pickett and Sandrine Dixson Decleve

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Aristides Porto, clarinet
Theresa Jensen, violin
Larissa Nagel, cello
Ke Xu, piano 
Ni Fan, conductor

Live Recording. 21.06.2019
Palazzo Ricci 
Montepulciano, Italy.

un grito (2019) for five instruments

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Mikael Rudolfsson, trombone
Leo Morello, cello
Joonas Ahonen, piano
Dimitrios Polisoidis, conductor

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