Episode 12 - Can there be knowledge that is independent of culture?

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11/26/21 • 45 min

Can there be knowledge that is independent of culture?
Good question - We have a go at answering it.
We get stuck in to the Voyager spacecraft, music and octaves across cultures, Denis Dutton's The Art Instinct.
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Some links you might find useful:
Denis Dutton's The Art Instinct:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5788390-the-art-instinct
The Voyager Golden Record
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/
Music Across Cultures
https://www.oh-i-see.com/blog/2013/11/24/culture-smart-the-musical-scale-across-cultures/
https://news.mit.edu/2019/perception-musical-pitch-cultures-0919

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Twitter: @tbdpod1

Previous Episode

Episode 11 - How can we distinguish between good and bad interpretations?

The r/ToK subreddit voted for our topic, and this was the result.
We tackle this question: How can we distinguish between good and bad interpretations? Discuss with reference to the arts and one other area of knowledge.
Some very fun chat with some great real world examples.
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Twitter: @tbdpod1

Some links you might find useful:
Misinterpreting The Scream:
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/munch-scream-british-museum-gbr-scli-intl/index.html
Malcolm Gladwell: The Bomber Mafia
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/books/review/the-bomber-mafia-malcolm-gladwell.html
Robert McNamara "the hyper-rational executive led astray by numbers"
https://www.technologyreview.com/2013/05/31/178263/the-dictatorship-of-data/

Next Episode

Episode 13 - Do we need custodians of knowledge?

After two years, the ToK dynamic duo are back, baby!
Do we need custodians of knowledge?
We have a wide ranging general discussion of the question, focusing on a few AoKs that may connect to it. We get into a few examples that caught our eye.

Some links you might find useful:
Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Imagined-Communities-Reflections-on-the-Origins-and-Spread-of-Nationalism
Duchamp's Fountain:
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/duchamp-fountain-t07573
Public Broadcasting: Its past and its future
https://knightfoundation.org/public-media-white-paper-2017-gardner/
Enjoy - and as always, reach out to us:
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