Video is viewable through an online viewer, and downloadable in multiple formats (h264 MP4, MPEG2 VOB, OGG Video) on the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/Index_20180206_1053 . This recording was producted by the department of Informatics of Umeå University in the spring of year 1987, with C. West Churchman interviewed by Kristo Ivanov.
The opening title reads:
Professor C. WEST CHURCHMAN
Universicy [sic] of California, Berkeley
Interviewed by professor
Kristo Ivanov
on April 30, 1987,
at the University of Umeå ,
Sweden – department of
Administrative Data processing.
The second and third slide read …
This interview was made during a visit of professor Churchman as guest lecturer at the University of Umeå , following his being rewarded a honorary doctor’s degree in economic science in the autumn 1985.
A summary of professor Churchman’s life and work is given at the end of the recording.
The background song “Der Lindenbaum” – music by Franz Schubert and text by Wilhelm Müller – is sung by professor Churchman himself!
Via:
- “Interview with C. West Churchman (video)” | Benjamin P. Taylor | July 1, 2018 at https://stream.syscoi.com/2018/07/01/interview-with-c-west-churchman-video/
- “Interview with C. West Churchman (video)” | Sjon van ‘t Hof | July 1, 2018 | C2L4D (Concepts & Systems Learning for Systemic Agency) at https://csl4d.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/interview-with-c-west-churchman-video/
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