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Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?
History & The Arts

Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?

...work by How and Wells, available via Project Gutenberg or the Perseus Project. Rap Genius: where's the 'authority' in online collaboration? Rap Genius is ‘dedicated to the crowdsourced annotation of music, news, literature, history, and just about any other text you could imagine.’ There is a translation of ‘The Histories’ Book 1 and the first ten chapters have...
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Dogs under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

Dogs under the microscope

...works. For dogs, interesting and useful features are identified and, because they are determined genetically, they can be bred by selective breeding (i.e. choosing animals with features you want and breeding them to create new offspring with those features). We have bred dogs with regard to developing better functional capabilities (running, hunting, digging, burrowing,...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation

...working. This article will focus on three representative figures whose work shares similar preoccupations with poets such as Eavan Boland and Sinéad Morrissey in their focus on the woman’s experience within a personal, historical, mythological and political context. Victoria Kennefick Victoria Kennefick is from Cork. Her first collection, Eat or We Both Starve, was...
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Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity
Society, Politics & Law

Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity

...works presented here represent many 'small acts' of artistic resistance and creative resilience to marginalisation, as well as myriad practical and creative expressions of solidarity. They do not objectify, do not rely on tropes of victimhood but speak of hope, agency and resilience through solidarity...[Pikpa refugee camp] Communities of Solidarity: The story of Pikpa...
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The planet as the stakeholder
Money & Business

The planet as the stakeholder

...work, employees who carry out tasks, through to the end customer. Costing, financing and monetary values are put on all inputs, processes and outputs. When stakeholder analysis is applied in this finance-driven way, it has little, or nothing to say about sustainability. It’s essential to challenge this kind of business ideology, often termed ‘the race to the bottom’...
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Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part II diversity and safety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part II diversity and safety

...working hard to promote equitable access to the great outdoors, though there is always room for improvement. Conclusion While there are significant benefits to health and wellbeing from natural spaces and people’s engagement therein, there are various barriers and inequalities for parts of our society. This highlights the importance of addressing these inequalities in a...
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How can I cope with exam stress?
Education & Development

How can I cope with exam stress?

...work. But sometimes stress levels can get out of hand, particularly at the end of an academic year. When you become stressed, the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system gets switched on. Initially this is a good thing, because it is the activation of this system that releases the neurochemical adrenaline – and this stimulates you to get going and focus on...
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The Extraordinary Rosa Parks
History & The Arts

The Extraordinary Rosa Parks

...work when she boarded the bus. America was a nation in which racial segregation was not only prevelant, but had been given legal blessing. African Americans were obliged to travel at the back of Alabama buses and Rosa, dutifully, walked down the bus to sit in the area allowed for passengers who were not white. The bus continued to fill, though, and the driver, J Fred...
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