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Advanced Spanish: Protest song
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Advanced Spanish: Protest song

...sociales y del espíritu rebelde de la juventud. Martin Luther King, pastor de la iglesia bautista estadounidense, que luchó en el movimiento por los derechos civiles de los afroamericanos en Estados Unidos. Participó además en numerosas protestas contra la guerra del Vietnam. John Lennon, músico y compositor integrante del grupo The Beatles. En los 70, continuó su...
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...socially educative, recreational, and advice and guidance-based activities. The centre is also used for daytime programmes with young people who are not in mainstream education, delivered in partnership with other voluntary and statutory sector organisations. W13 Youth and Connexions Centre The centre focuses on inclusion work, providing a varied weekly programme...
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...social and political upheavals of Irish politics at home—from the Easter Rising to the Troubles—contributed to a truly distinctive form of Gothic writing produced in Ireland. You will be looking specifically at two examples of this writing: the short story ‘The Demon Lover’ (1945) by Elizabeth Bowen and the play The Weir (1997) by Conor McPherson. You will also be...
Hammering into hearts: How Dilshod Nazarov's Rio victory lifted the Tajiks
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hammering into hearts: How Dilshod Nazarov's Rio victory lifted the Tajiks

...social media users with longer memories and/or an eye for detail have pointed out that Nazarov is not the first Tajik Olympic champion. That honour belongs to another hammer thrower, Andrei Abduvaliyev. But Abduvaliyev won his gold in Barcelona in 1992 representing the Unified Team consisting of former Soviet states. Nazarov's is therefore the only gold medal that...
Five things to know about being disabled and LGBTQ
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things to know about being disabled and LGBTQ

...social shorthand, but they shouldn’t become a prison. If one set of words don’t fit, you’ll find others that do. 5: You can be disabled and trans [transgender pride flag] There are lots of disabled trans people out there. If you think you might be trans and want to discuss it with someone, talk to your GP, and, if you so desire, ask for a referral to a counsellor...
How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target
Society, Politics & Law

How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target

...social order, because of its ability to make people move their bodies and give themselves over to its rhythms. It reminds us of the recent film Timbuktu, in which music is severely repressed by Islamists who seize the Malian town. Liberty Our liberty is perceived as an “abomination”. Our liberty to go wherever we like, to be entertained by our friends, by sport or by...
The politics of food introduction
Society, Politics & Law

The politics of food introduction

...social problems such as binge drinking, the new politics of food has a far reaching impact...Video Audio Text Commentary The humble apple, and cider, one of its most pleasurable products, tells us a lot about the new politics of food. Geoff Andrews I think in a very broad sense, the apple has become a contested political symbol of, perhaps, on one hand, rural Britain, and...
Clickety Clack: a railway poem
Society, Politics & Law

Clickety Clack: a railway poem

...Social Sciences and History courses. [A women worker on the railways, first world war, sitting in front of a cargo vehicle, uniform, wearing a cap and smiling.]Clickety Clack Clickety Clack The rhythm of the railway track. With all the men folk off to war. It’s women left to do the chores Corsets and skirts are cast aside Whistles, trousers, gold buttons worn with...