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The arts in Participatory Action Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

The arts in Participatory Action Research

...Action Research. London: Sage. Liguori, A., Jung, K.J., McLaughlin, L. and Stultle, J. (2023) ‘What digital storytelling means to the new generation of researchers’, Social Sciences, 12(9). Mitchell, H.A., Waights, V. and Hart, T. (2024) ‘Digital storytelling within a community-based mental health improvement programme (ARCLIGHT)’ in Guyana. Action Research, 0(0)....
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Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...based staff training interventions in social care). This is particularly meaningful when empathy in some groups may be on the decline (Konrath, O’Brien and Hsing, 2011) and, meanwhile, the arts and humanities are marginalised in school curricula, and arts and culture threatened by local authority funding cuts. Find more research at artscog.co.uk. Author: Rose Turner...
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Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms
OpenLearn Ireland

Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms

...based on shared experiences. 6. Knowledge exchange in online fandoms A key component of online music fandoms is learning from one another. Members actively take time to develop their own expertise and share it with others through content. This content forms part of a large information hub that others can draw upon. Older fans also take on mentorship roles with newer fans,...
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Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
History & The Arts

Robert Burns: a man of his times for today

...based on his close observation of the foibles of the people around him, combined with his vivid imagination and the remarkable potency of his language that generated popular poems such as the aforementioned ‘Tam o’ Shanter’ are other factors. But alone they will not do. They only partly explain the intensity of the adoration for Burns and why, from the time of his...
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Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...based on a presentation of autism that is more common in boys and men, and simplistic stereotypes about what it means to be autistic (e.g., someone who is direct, interested in science, trains and machines, and prefers to be by themselves). This meant that autistic people who didn’t conform to this stereotype went undetected – and that’s still the case to some...
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Learning from the Global South
Society, Politics & Law

Learning from the Global South

...based in the Global North. The films contribute to a much-needed conversation across a global divide. Sometimes it’s an uncomfortable conversation, and you might not immediately agree with everything that is said. There’s no harm in that. But listening is crucial to working out why you might initially disagree, and then deciding what the right questions to ask are....
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How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?
History & The Arts

How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?

...based organisations. However, there remains debate around the concept of ‘prescribing’ the arts, which tends to suggest a medicalisation as well as something which is ‘done to’ the patient. There are also different approaches, which focus on developing the individual, the community, or both (see Drinkwater, 2025, p. vii). Finding out more Given the depth of...
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Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...De Smet et al., 2021) states reinvention is needed, and proposes the following nine imperatives that future-ready companies will exhibit. [Described image] (De Smet et al., 2021) Figure 7 Nine organisational imperatives for future-ready companies The trends and imperatives may be areas you already consider, however, delivering such a strategy requires embarking on a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs