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Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music
Health, Sports & Psychology

Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music

...article will consider how the figure of the outlaw is presented in early twentieth-century American folk music. What is constant, and what changes? What lies behind these strands of imitation and innovation?...Find out about The Open University's Languages, cultures and communication courses. Folk music is music that is rarely written for profit, music that has endured,...
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Becoming a University of Sanctuary
Society, Politics & Law

Becoming a University of Sanctuary

...article on, and through which we have collated free sources for forced migrants in our Sanctuary Hub. Becoming a University of Sanctuary is much more than this – it is about developing a true culture of welcome for those from forced migrant backgrounds, to learn from others who do the same, and to share and embed practices of inclusivity across the sector. To be a...
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Detecting fake images
Society, Politics & Law

Detecting fake images

...article, I consider fake images as those that have been manipulated such that they can deceive people in believing something untrue. These images usually feature things, scenes or people’s behaviours that are unbelievable but look real. Because of the outrageousness or spectacular nature of these images, they can be spread rapidly through social media online and attract...
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Happy Birthday Harry Potter!
Miscellaneous

Happy Birthday Harry Potter!

...pal Ron Weasley did on his 17th birthday, you can dig into our range of magical resources. We've got articles on the a range of exciting themes, spells and observances in Harry Potter, a piece on the use of magical creatures in children's novels as well as free writing courses to help you pen a brilliant story - all allowing you to learn in a fun manner for free. Always....
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Stigma erthyliad a'r gweithle
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stigma erthyliad a'r gweithle

...et al., 2020) ac, yn 2021, roedd 214,256 o erthyliadau yng Nghymru a Lloegr (Swyddfa Gwella Iechyd ac Anghyfartaledd, 2023). Ac eithrio'r gwaith a wnaed gan Fiona Bloomer a'i chydweithwyr (2017, 2023) yng nghyd-destun Gogledd Iwerddon, ychydig a wyddys am erthyliad yng nghyd-destunau gweithleoedd y DU. Yn ogystal, mae stigma mawr ynghlwm wrth erthyliad ac yn aml mae'n...
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How can we design for resilience?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can we design for resilience?

...article, drawn from over a decade of practice in design for resilience, will suggest how resilience concepts can be enabling for working with urgent change and sustainability in design...Resilience – the property of being able to rebound after a shock or disturbance – has its origins in materials science and psychology. You may recognise the term applied to career...
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Selling Empire: Exhibitions
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Exhibitions

...articles, advertisements, songs, imperialistic school textbooks and cigarette cards, and argue that by the late nineteenth century British culture was saturated with imperialism. But Porter’s The Absent-Minded Imperialists (2004) counters that for many newspapers and journals, references to Empire were outweighed by references to non-Empire countries. Empire only seems...
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Selling Empire: Epilogue – the slow death of heroism?
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Epilogue – the slow death of heroism?

...article traces the change from optimism over the Commonwealth and over Britain as a jet-age great power in the 1940s-50s, towards comedy and cynicism over empire by the 1960s. Starting with the Empire and Commonwealth Annuals of the early postwar years, it ends with Carry on Up the Khyber and the Flashman novels...Prejudices and assumptions from the heyday of Empire died...
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