Celebrating the summer of the Luddite and the original guide to witchhunting

If you've ever felt the sudden urge to throw your device into a body of water and live a simpler, offline life, you're not alone. A group of people in New York City recently organised an eight-day festival promoting human connection in the spirit of the Luddites. Gowanus, media spokespuppet for The Summer of Ludd and University of Melbourne sociologist Dan Woodman explore what this yearning for a time before smart phones says about us.

In the age of navigation apps, the days of balancing a street directory on your knees as you drive across an unfamiliar city are relatively rare. But if your phone dies, or the satellite technology fails, would you be lost without it? Orienteerer Ian Jessup and psychologist Oliver Baumann explain the benefits of using your own brain's navigation system.

The University of Melbourne's Archives and Special Collections now holds a rare copy of a 15th century manual on hunting, torturing and executing women accused of witchcraft. So what can the world's most infamous witch-hunting handbook tell us about the spread of misinformation and dangerous ideas today?