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Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...world and of aspects of Sundanese culture.) dalang puppeteer, in this case Pa Atik Rasta. Apart from animating the puppets the dalang also sings, speaks the dialogue, produces sound effects such as bangs and cymbal clashes, and directs the gamelan ensemble. ramé an important Sundanese aesthetic concept – see below. The first sequence of the video sets the scene for the...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...world and how they now permeate our everyday lives...We now live in a global village where distance is no longer a barrier to commercial or social contact. This free course, IT in everyday life, will enable you to gain an understanding of the information and communication technologies that drive our networked world and how they now permeate our everyday lives....IT in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...world’s richest 1% own two-thirds of new wealth amassed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. By the end of 2021, that amounted to $26 trillion. The other 11 trillion went to the remaining 99% of the world’s population. According to Oxfam, these concentrations of wealth lead to weaker economic growth, corrupted politics and media, corroded democracy and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"

...world without drawing attention to itself. I feel about Dr. Sacks as I do about all great non-fiction writers: I admire at his abilities, I am amazed that his simple prose is so effective, and of course, I am envious. All I want is to do what he does. Is that so much to ask? Here are a few of his first paragraphs. They are promises, whispered softly and calmly, that...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists

...world political life inside the Bundestag. It has plenty of members who have plenty to say. It is not short of chiefs. But in the Bundestag it needs to find what the Germans call “Sachpolitiker” – MPs who can master detailed briefs inside parliamentary committees. It needs to show it can do politics just as well as it can talk about it. For a parliamentary party...
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Article 5 mins
Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park
Science, Maths & Technology

Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park

...world has been remembering David Bowie and Major Tom (who sang “Here am I, sitting in a tin can, far above the world”) we will watch with fascination as first Colonel Tim and then Major Tim float out of the ISS airlock to complete their scheduled tasks. It sounds glamorous to be an astronaut – but is it? After mending the SSU together, the two astronauts will go to...
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Article 5 mins
Innovative efforts to raise wages
Money & Business

Innovative efforts to raise wages

...world...[Protesters in Washington D.C. arguing for a higher minimum wage] The need to raise wages is generally accepted as being important. The decline in what people earn and the subsequent inequality this has contributed too is undoubtedly a major contemporary problem. Less clear, however, is how to best address this issue. There are now major policy debates concerning...
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Article 5 mins
Assessing the Future of Artificial Intelligence
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing the Future of Artificial Intelligence

...world, how should governments and lawmakers respond? How can we keep best informed about which advances may impact our economy and society?...[Robot hand controlled by Artificial intelligence playing traditional board game Go.] Artificial intelligence playing GO With the use of ever more artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in the computer mediated world around us,...
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Article 10 mins