Random Talks

The award winning ABC-Tokyo Ballet Company believes that artists should convey hope, light and a buoyant future through their performances, especially

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/michele-wel… Journalism can be much more than reporting. An authentic, human narrative touches audie

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history… If you have a tattoo, you’re part of a rich cultural history that dates back at least 8

Naohiko Umewaka’s family lineage in the art of Noh dates back six hundred years. His greatgrandfather, Umewaka Minoru, is credited with saving Noh the

Julien argues how we see the World through cultural glasses. By changing the glasses you can change the way you interpret the World. Julien is the fou

English is big business and languages are dying as never before. Is there a connection? Is this another manifestation of McDonaldisation — the u

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/who-is-sher… More than a century after first emerging into the fogbound, gaslit streets of Victorian

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/did-shakesp… Some people question whether Shakespeare really wrote the works that bear his name – or

iew full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-hidden-… When you think of natural history museums, you might picture exhibits filled with ancien

Morinosuke Kawaguchi loves geeks. What’s more, he fashions solid notions for tweaking technology and other products from his close observations of Jap

In 2008, lacquer artist and Living National Treasure Kazumi Murose began to focus on preserving intangibly important Japanese culture and heritage thr

With his pictures, photographer Jimmy Nelson documented 35 unique tribes in 44 countries around the world. He shares his stories about the connections

Tim Morely thinks that every student should learn Esperanto. In this unexpected and persuasive talk, he makes the case that this constructed language

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-one-tee… Teenager Cam Perron loved baseball, so he began writing letters to the veteran players

Bullied, judged, shamed & shunned, just because one does not conform to what society deems to be the right body shape. This talk highlights one wo