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The healing power of nature writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The healing power of nature writing

...world and environment can work wonders for our wellbeing – this article explains how...Nature itself can be a healer – not just through the scientifically evidenced healing effects of green spaces, water, birdsong or being among trees, but also through the realisation that we are nature, not separate from it. This idea is central to a growing body of research,...
Ancient ideas: where does the soul go?
History & The Arts

Ancient ideas: where does the soul go?

...world, many different cultures developed their own answers and underworlds. The Ancient Greeks had several theories about what might come next...This content is associated with The Open University's Classical Studies qualifications The Underworld The earliest Ancient Greek poetry features descriptions of the Underworld. Also known as Hades, this was the destination for...
Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?

...world by collecting specimens of exotic animals, plants and cultural artefacts for display in zoos, botanical gardens and museums. The desire to collect and display “the exotic” did not stop at humans, either. For instance, in the 1830s a French merchant snatched the body of a young African man and stuffed it in the way animals are sometimes stuffed and prepared for...
Ashura
History & The Arts

Ashura

...world where there is a significant Shi‘a population. Usually, the streets are hung with banners and flags, and those taking part will dress in black and may carry various ritual objects such as replicas of Husayn’s coffin, his tomb or his body, portable shrines with images of Husayn, and standards decorated with cloths and ribbons, and topped with metal crests of...
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Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...world and out in both the environmental and climate change community, and I think those sorts of films, beyond traditional broadcast, are just as important in the environmental … let’s call it, television bit. Environmental programmes: Getting commissioned? No, I think the real challenge was that in television programming, so above the level of commissioning, for...
Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...world and out in both the environmental and climate change community, and I think those sorts of films, beyond traditional broadcast, are just as important in the environmental … let’s call it, television bit. Environmental programmes: Getting commissioned No, I think the real challenge was that in television programming, so above the level of commissioning, for many,...
Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation
History & The Arts

Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation

...world around him. Objects became brighter and clearer, and the space in the cramped box seemed to expand and take on unfamiliar dimensions. Now, under the influence of the largest dose of nitrous oxide anyone had ever taken, these effects were intensified to levels he could not have imagined. His hearing became fantastically acute, allowing him to distinguish every sound...
Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...world. The term ‘hip hop’ was coined in the late 1970s, possibly in the South Bronx, New York City, to refer to a set of cultural, artistic, spiritual and intellectual practices used for self-expression and the circulation of knowledge. These practices include, among others, graffiti writin, rappin, beatboxin, deejayin, samplin, street dancin, breakin, street...