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Earth from above, 18th Century style
History & The Arts

Earth from above, 18th Century style

...communicate an utterly new experience to the reader. Lunardi published volumes of letters; as Clare Brant has pointed out, the conventions of the epistolatory form invited readers to relive the sensations of the author in their imagination. Thomas Baldwin, another early balloonist who hired Lunardi’s balloon for an ascent over Chester in 1785, inscribed a long book...
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Article 5 mins
Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?
OpenLearn Ireland

Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?

...communicate with each other. When you get anxious or nervous your brain sends a signal to your stomach and your heart and that’s when you feel your heart rate increase and experience an uneasiness in your stomach. There is a biological reason why dieting is so difficult. Your brain is pre-wired to seek out rewards and pleasure, and what’s more rewarding than your...
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Article 5 mins
Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...Communities pass their local dances, songs and music to the next generations together with their costumes and instruments. A salient characteristic is that men play an important role in these dancing events. The dominance of the masculine is particularly evident in Andalusia where most dances are still executed by groups of men. Within what is considered traditional or...
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Article 15 mins
Volunteering with a personal or professional focus
Education & Development

Volunteering with a personal or professional focus

...community or another organisation, or develop new skills and knowledge. It can also be a way to make sense of experiences you may have had in your personal life and use them for good. Others volunteer within their current workplace for the benefit of their co-workers. Below, be inspired by five colleagues whose volunteering has a professional, but also often a very...
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Article 5 mins
Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...community in special the OU Athena for their useful feedback. Join the movement Join the METEOR project in reshaping academia by exploring our resources for inclusive collaboration. Visit meteorhorizon.eu to access practical tools, participate in upcoming workshops, and connect with a growing community of change-makers committed to building a more equitable academic...
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Article 5 mins
Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...communal violence between Hindus and Muslims in India. It is also likely that the situations that engender such violence will persist, and new ones may arise in the future. A key question though is how far is such violence really about religion? This article and video explore this problem, suggesting some ways in which we can look at particular situations of violent...
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Video 5 mins
Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation
History & The Arts

Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation

...community of the region. For the rest of his life, Mizuki Shigeru sought out folk customs and beliefs from every corner of Japan, and would eventually title one of his many autobiographies “A Non Non Life.” While “non non” can mean “aimless” or even “drunken” in colloquial Japanese, it's obvious that Mizuki felt a deep connection to the Japanese spirit...
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Article 5 mins
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...communities or whole societies may be subjected to. These encompass consideration of the activities of not just individuals, but also of local and national states and corporations, political regimes and ideologies, and social institutions (including criminal justice systems). Hillyard and Tombs have critiqued aspects of ‘mainstream’ criminological enquiry for failing...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs