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Promoting equality through the Arts
History & The Arts

Promoting equality through the Arts

...social, political and economic rights and opportunities...In July 2018, The Open University worked in partnership with IF: Milton Keynes International Festival to commission Australian theatre company Back to Back Theatre to bring its successful performance residency, The Democratic Set, to Milton Keynes. Back to Back Theatre worked collaboratively with local participants...
Culture can be brutal, just ask Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

Culture can be brutal, just ask Milton Keynes

...social inclusion that signified the brutalist project originally. Brutalism was meant to convey memorability of image, expression of structure and honesty to materials. That did not stop it from becoming code for ‘1960s ugly’ as water stains spread, rust leached from steel reinforcing bars, and concrete crumbled. Much of brutalism’s poor reputation today is just a...
The Rise of Museums
History & The Arts

The Rise of Museums

...social order. It was this age of connoisseurship and stability that the founder of the British Museum, Hans Sloane was born into in 1660. As a child he was a keen observer of nature and in later years recalled how the study of plants and 'other parts of Nature much pleased him'. He studied medicine in France and at the age of thirty five set up practice in Bloomsbury...
Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...social status and the vast majority of parents have high expectations for the educational achievements of their children. This, together with the introduction of the one child policy, leads to parents making great sacrifices in order to ensure that their children receives the best possible education. Parents - and entire families - place their hopes in the educational...
Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...social interface and a marker of singularity. This territory is significantly political and it traverses the body. Languages translate economically according to the market power of their originating countries and of course English has already taken precedence as lingua franca, followed by I believe 3 other ‘strong’ languages – Arabic, Mandarin and Spanish. On the...
Engaging with our environment: what are the benefits?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Engaging with our environment: what are the benefits?

...social regular events (e.g. monthly café meetings). They could also be just for the sake of appreciating nature itself or associated with other activities (e.g. park run, learning outdoor skills) engaging groups of people. In all cases a significant and purposeful engagement with nature would be present. Here are three examples. 1. The Parks Trust in Milton Keynes is a...
A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast
OpenLearn Ireland

A Peace of Us - The Good Friday Agreement Podcast

...social housing sector, Dawn worked as an independent consultant in various countries including Iraq, the Philippines and Ukraine where she supported peace efforts and pro-grammes supporting the inclusion of women in politics and civil society. In her spare time Dawn continues to serve as a trustee for various charities who work to tackle health and socio-economic...
Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...Social Science Perspectives, SAGE Publications. Elson, H.W. (1904) History of the United States of America, The Macmillan Company, New York. Ferguson, N. (2004) Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, Penguin. Galenson, D.W. (1982) ‘The Atlantic Slave Trade and the Barbados Market, 1673-1723’, The Journal of Economic History, vol. 42, no. 3, pp.491-511. Handler, J....