View Picture Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Final version now available! http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g http://mediatedcultures.net Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes. This is the 2nd draft, and I plan on doing one more final draft. Please leave comments on what could be changed or improved, or what nee[...]

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View Picture A Vision of Students Today

a short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Mic[...]

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View Picture The McCain-Palin Mob

McCain-Palin rally-goers tell us they believe Barack Obama is a terrorist. Plus lots of Sarah Palin fun!

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View Picture What Defines a Community?

I am an anthropologist conducting research on video sharing on YouTube and in the video blogging community. See: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/ Many people still argue about what a community is, and whether online groups can be communities. In asking peopl[...]

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View Picture An anthropological introduction to YouTube

presented at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008. This was tons of fun to present. I decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for the 55 minute presentation. This is the result. more info: http://mediatedcu[...]

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View Picture The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version)

"Web 2.0" in just under 5 minutes. http://mediatedcultures.net This is a slightly revised and cleaned up version of the video that was featured on YouTube in February 2007. I considered releasing it as an "eternal beta" in true Web 2.0 style, but decided to let it sta[...]

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View Picture Impossible!

1999 Masters in Hanover, First round robin match: Sampras vs. Kuerten. This will hopefully change your life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWUZDwYlbg8 -------------------------------- Please choose compassion over cruelty and don't finance the holocaust of the animals[...]

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View Picture Entrevista 2007 - Jaris Mujica - Pornos made in Perú (1/3)

Entrevista de Beto Ortiz a Jaris Mujica emitido el 13/12/07 en ocasión de la publicación del libro "Economía Política del Cuerpo", donde se recoje una visión antropológica del fenómeno del boom de películas porno en el Perú.

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View Picture Real Android Woman!

The ReplieeQ2. She (or it) can reply to things, talk in a natural-like voice, and do even more! You HAVE to see to believe. She speaks Japanese, Korean, and English.

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View Picture Pete Sampras Flying

Collection of Pete Sampras' slam dunks - his trademark jump overheads. Sorry for the bad quality. This will hopefully change your life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWUZDwYlbg8 -------------------------------- Please choose compassion over cruelty and don't finance t[...]

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View Picture 7 minute Psytrance Documentary

Kat Kovaleff's ethnography for UCSC anthro class: "Documenting Culture." The words from the scrolling intro: "Within the intricately syncopated pulses and biotically textured vibrations created by ever more complicated methods of sound synthesis, we are honing the art [...]

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View Picture Black Egypt

The original Egyptians were black just like any tropical African today. Watch the famous black faces of Egypt. Also, I'm Debunking all the Eurocentric Myths. The common misconception of Red Hair Mummies http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/field/hair.h[...]

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View Picture Brutal fight of the hooligans in Europe, Switzerland

This fight was in Europe, Switzerland in 2003. The hooligans on left side of the terrain are the supporters of Partizan from Serbia, and the hooligans on the right side of the terrain are supporters of Dinamo from Croatia. The sport commentator continued to comment the [...]

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View Picture Get your kit off! - Tribe - BBC

Bruce must get naked if he is to prove he means no harm to his new tribe. Fascinating insight to world culture from BBC's Tribe.

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View Picture Entrevista 2007 - Jaris Mujica - Pornos made in Perú (2/3)

Entrevista de Beto Ortiz a Jaris Mujica emitido el 13/12/07 en ocasión de la publicación del libro "Economía Política del Cuerpo", donde se recoje una visión antropológica del fenómeno del boom de películas porno en el Perú.

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View Picture Blues: Hubert Sumlin, Life Lessons and Guitar Lessons

Blues legend Hubert Sumlin talks about his punishment as a child for getting into some devilment with his father. He reminisces about Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Robert Jr. Lockwood and Charley Patton and he gives "Seventh Hour Blues" editor, Anthony Sapienza, a guita[...]

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View Picture Porn Star For Rent (Christy Canyon)

An interview with Christy Canyon on her first directing job.

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View Picture ¡Pollo!

Anthropological short film by Álex Montoya and Raúl Navarro

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View Picture Bigfoot Sighting at Sassafras Ridge Authenticated

Recently discovered Film Footage ditigally restored and colorized as best as possible. Originally dismissed as a prank, this never-seen- before footage has been authenticated by Dr. Hance Oliver, Professor of Anthropology at nearby Clemson University, who writes that th[...]

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View Picture Great Pyramid Mystery Solved?

How were the blocks raised to the top of the 489ft Great Pyramid? An architect develops a theory about a snaking internal ramp that's been hidden inside the pyramid for 4500 years. Unlocking the Great Pyramid : SUN NOVEMBER 16 9P et/pt

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View Picture Girl's Rite of Passage

Apache girls take part in ancient tests of strength, endurance and character that will make them women and prepare them for the trials of womanhood. See all National Geographic videos: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/?source=4001

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View Picture What books are you reading?

thanks Youtube for the front page feature! woot! Add me: Myspace: http://myspace.com/nextbigwhiterapper Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1113181192 Twitter: http://twitter.com/johnnysmooth This is the third video I've done where I ask what everyone is[...]

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View Picture Pygmy Tarsiers

A team led by a Texas A&M University anthropologist has discovered a group of primates not seen alive in 85 years. These furry gremlin-looking creatures are about the size of a small mouse and weighing less than 2 ounces, have not been observed since they were last coll[...]

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View Picture Favela Wars - Brazil

June 2003 The violence spilling out of Brazil's slums or 'favelas' has made the country's two major cities more dangerous than most war zones. Children in Rio de Janeiro are eight times more likely to die violently than those in the West Bank. "They live on a kill or be[...]

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View Picture Palo drumming and dancing - Vodou - Dominican Republic

http://www.earthcds.com/caribbean/dominican/palodvd.shtml 'The Culture of Palo', aspires to be a humble archival collection of all the marvelous musical-religious expressions encountered in the course of filming 'MISTERIOS' that for editorial, timing and formatting reas[...]

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