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Writing family history
History & The Arts

Writing family history

...oral form, some in photographic and some in written form, as biographical or autobiographical evidence. Many aspects of this approach to writing are discussed in illuminating and perceptive depth, giving wide-ranging yet informative coverage of the topic. This material forms part of the course A173 Start writing family history... Writing family history A short...
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Designing the Spanish nation
Languages

Designing the Spanish nation

...la Vega, Puerta de la Mezquita, Puerta de la Sagra) to the mostly symbolic arches of the 20th century gate (Puerta de la Ilustración), Madrid has built and destroyed numerous gates in its ever expanding territories. From all the current gates in Madrid, probably most iconic are Puerta de Alcalá, Puerta del Sol, and Puerta de Toledo. Nowadays Madrid gates, rather than...
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Article 15 mins
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...communities in the rural southern states of America in the years following the American Civil War (1861–1865). Blues singers were descendants of slaves and elements of their music reach back to African origins. This course offers just a brief introduction, and only affords a glimpse of the complexities of music that is deeply rooted in social and political history. Many...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Derry Air: the new local history
Society, Politics & Law

Derry Air: the new local history

...community-created murals that now replace the old pictorial incitements to hatred and murders; the moving statues signalling reconciliation and hands reaching out across the divisions. The old divisions may still be there but now accepted, even a source of wisdom, but no longer the font of attack. The nostalgia of the (shared) ‘Londonderry air’ still hangs – and...
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Article 10 mins
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...la diversità culturale e culinaria delle venti regioni. Tipica dell'Emilia Romagna è la piadina, un tipo di pane azzimo che risale ai tempi antichi e viene cotto su una piastra o testo. Alcuni dolci siciliani risalgono alla dominazione araba in Sicilia, per esempio la cassata - non è un gelato ma un dolce! La cassata è preparato con ingredienti esotici come zafferano,...
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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

...communication courses. Folk music is music that is rarely written for profit, music that has endured, often passed down by oral tradition, investing a sense of identity in artist and listener alike. Folk music has imitation at its core. Its narratives and characters are usually already known to listeners, and they often refer to real-life people and events. The content is...
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Article 5 mins
Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...communicated, or passed on, such as genetic inheritance. Health promotion needs to start when children are young and this course will outline some of the responsibilities of adults including parents, educators in nurseries, pre-schools and childminders. And of course, it is vitally important to consider the needs of children with additional needs, such as disability or...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture
Languages

Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture

...oral Bengali? And perhaps I’m quite good at communicating, but not actually particularly good at writing. Interviewer: They say language learning opens doors to cultures, have you found that the languages you speak helped you get to know other cultures or people better? Reeta Chakrabarti: Yes, very much so, very much so. You can get under the skin of a culture in the...
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