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Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...world, lies behind the notion of ‘Fortress Europe’ – an outside closed off from external threats and an inside of border-free travel and movement. Or, at least that was the case, until the fences and walls started to go up on the inside of Europe. The future of Europe’s passport-free, Schengen zone is in doubt now that a number of its member states, one after the...
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Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...world with this free introductory course. Learn how computers work, how data is stored and deleted, and why online safety and data security matter while gaining a deeper understanding of how technology influences the way we live and think...This free course, Introducing computing and IT, provides a general overview of how digital technologies have come to dominate...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Who belongs to Glasgow?
Society, Politics & Law

Who belongs to Glasgow?

...World War, combined with growing problems of inadequate housing, rising unemployment and industrial agitation and militancy, gave rise to the image which arguably has dominated reportage of Glasgow for most of this century. For example: There is something deeply wrong with the Clyde, … that sends in repeated menace, to every successive Parliament, the same bitter group...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...world? What is the capacity of sonic art and social broadcasting to animate the politics of identity and belonging as well as debates about digital citizenship? What is the capacity of sonic art and social broadcasting to animate the politics of identity? Using a transparent plastic bubblewrap to evoke the physical manifestation of ‘social noise’, Lucia aimed to...
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Article 15 mins
10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...world's first novel was written by a Japanese woman over 1,000 years ago [Painting. Portrait of Murasaki Shikibu.] A woman wrote the world's first novel, twice as long as War and Peace over 1,000 years ago - yikes! Japanese court manners during this time considered it impolite to address people by their personal names. So, the real name of the woman who wrote what is...
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How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...world, I do not want men to grope me while going to school, I do not want men to tell me what to do at offices, I do not want my parents to give me off in a wedding. In late July of 2015, a politician in Kerala proposed a ban on women wearing jeans. Preetha was outraged. She started talking about it on Facebook, organizing an opposition. And then the trolls came, piling...
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Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...worlds of those who, half a millennium later, inhabit the borders of animality and the margins of humanness. [Nebuchadnezzar, gone mad, grovels like a beast of the earth; he gropes for his crown. Dutch engraving, c. 17th century.] Living as an ox for seven years: Nebuchadnezzar Feijó embarked on an exploration of people who are more, or other, than human – and how such...
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The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban
Society, Politics & Law

The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban

...world where a first-world economy shares an extensive land border with the developing world. Europe, Britain and Australia are all insulated by moats which are much easier to control and harder to traverse. When people try to cross, they are easy to apprehend and send back to Turkey, Calais or Nauru. Since 1970, millions have crossed the US-Mexico border in search of a...
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