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Finding women in Greek literature
History & The Arts

Finding women in Greek literature

...world – namely Greek women – and to consider some of difficulties involved in reading what are essentially literary texts for historical information. To what extent can such texts offer any real insight into ancient Greek attitudes towards women? To answer this question we need to think about how we might approach reading an ancient literary source as evidence. First,...
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...world - In this section, we are going to develop the argument that when we first learn to use language as infants we transform our understanding of language and of the world in general. In other words, we learn to use language, and through using language, we learn. This mutual reinforcement between learning language and learning more generally continues throughout our...
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...world; interpret information about it; and construct mental models. These are epistemological issues. The bases for knowing about, and acting in, a situation is different to that encountered in most other units with a ‘T’ (technology) code. Each of these will be discussed briefly below...Managing complexity: a systems approach – introduction: 2.2 The nature of...
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...world come together in great numbers in your city, but especially the Greeks, whose first port of call as they sail from their own lands is Venice. They have besides a familiar relationship with you; when they put ashore at your city it seems that they are entering another Byzantium. 2 But as this course shows, the use of the term ‘the East’ to describe all cultures...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...Heritage Lottery Funded project to ‘Reveal, Revive and Restore’ Great Linford Manor Park, The Parks Trust are working to make the site more accessible. To help identify areas for improvement the Trust worked with Dementia Adventure, an organisation that helps those living with dementia to retain a sense of adventure in their lives. They are also working towards making...
Beaghmore Stone Circle
OpenLearn Ireland

Beaghmore Stone Circle

...heritage of substantial buildings mainly castles and churches. The featured Inch Abbey near Downpatrick is a good example, but the video explains many other impacts the Normans had on landscape and biodiversity. Video Transcript VALERIE HALL: You look at the hawthorn hedge and it’s planted in straight lines. And it carves this landscape up into blocks. And this hedgerow...
The geology of Northern Ireland
Science, Maths & Technology

The geology of Northern Ireland

...heritage as they were planted to define townland and parish boundaries and to demark agricultural fields. Species-rich hedgerows contain five or more native woody species within 30m length are extremely important habitats for biodiversity. Native hedgerow trees are hawthorn, blackthorn, gorse, holly, willow, hazel and birch and they support hundreds of species including...
Free course: Histology
Science, Maths & Technology

Free course: Histology

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