59 episodes
Documents That Changed the World Joe Janes
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- Society & Culture
A look at documents that have made a difference in the world. Joe Janes,
of the University of Washington Information School, tells the stories of
these important information objects, how and why they were created, and the impacts they've
had. These documents also tell the story of human society.
and its never ending evolution. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Store
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Egyptian "Book of the Dead", c1600 BCE
The road map and guide book to the afterlife, all spelled out to ensure a successful and surprisingly personalized journey
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Emily Post's Etiquette, 1922
According to Emily Post...etiquette is meant to make people feel comfortable and at ease, and the more who know the better - and it's not about the forks
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
Human rights and how they came to be recognized, agreed upon and most importantly recorded and declared, for all of us to share
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Electoral College Documents, 2020
Papers, signatures, seals, ceremonies, rules that produce documents to let hundreds speak for millions in having their say in the most important decision they make
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World's Fair Time Capsule, 1938
The best known example of an attempt to help the future to understand the present when it's the past, even 5000 years on
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Articles of Impeachment, 1868
The extraordinary ordinariness of articles of impeachment, then and now, and the lessons to be learned, over and over again