CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5866
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Allen Ginsberg, Stokeny Carmichael, R.D. Laing - Discussion and Questions in England, July 1967 #456
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
Liner notes: see the photo in material description
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Conversation
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Ginsberg, Allen
Dates:
1926-1997
Role:
"Speaker"
Name:
Laing, R.D. (Ronald David)
Dates:
1927-1989
Role:
"Speaker"
Nation:
[""]
Name:
Carmichael, Stokely
Dates:
1941-1998
Role:
"Speaker"
Nation:
[""]
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:45:37
Size:
45.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:20:19
Size:
20.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1967-07
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
The United Kingdom (England)
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000 Discussion on the personal nature of violence
022 Ronald Laing speaks. He talks about the use of drugs to suppress automatic ego reaction
105 Allen Ginsberg talks about racial violence and violence to the planet
139 The necessity to abandon middle class values
177 Ginsberg talks about the desire of the hippy movement to explore non-western cultures
227 Discussion of rebel literature. Ginsberg reads a passage from William Burroughs
291 Third World self determination
312 R.D. Laing talks about hippies’ experimentation with societal forms, and the necessity of reducing authoritarian violence
338 Carmichael talks about the stable economic background of the hippies
386 Carmichael says that individualism is a luxury that the third world can’t afford
404 Ginsberg talks about a return to “mammal nature” rather than a return to destructive western culture
529 The situation of blacks in England – much more apathy than in America or Africa
620 Discussion of Carmichaels attitude towards violence
650 Carmichael says he would rather white liberals directed their energy to a transformation in their own society, and did not sympathize with blacks
778 Carmichael talks about Cecil B. Rhodes
809 Ginsberg ends the argument by chanting
Two 000 Ginsberg chanting
129 Stokely Carmichael speaks about cultural imposition, white liberals, and black rights
248 Laing speaks about cruelty and violence in western society
434 Questions regarding the political relevance of white liberalism, Vietnam, & wartime economy
561 Cooper speaks of the necessity of violence
600 Ginsberg questioned about Bhuddism and Hinduism
691 Tape ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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