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Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome

...public mourning in ancient Rome. Body-centred displays were a feature of funeral rites, and women in particular hit their breasts, pulled their hair and lamented loudly. Other aspects such as ripping clothing and lacerating flesh, that Virgil noted, were less often seen, but there was an overall sense that the bodies of mourners were dishevelled, bruised, noisy and...
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Recycling: Putting consumers to work
Society, Politics & Law

Recycling: Putting consumers to work

...public, private, and voluntary sectors. In the case of waste management, placing all waste into a black bag (e.g. not sorting it for recycling) implicates the consumer in one chain of processes, whereas separating the waste for recycling involves the consumer in a very different chain of processes. The journey of waste from household to disposal/re-use is summarised in...
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Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey

...public transportation. Media representations and the influence of supportive communities, such as women’s motorcycle clubs, also play key roles in inspiring women to pursue motorcycling. These connections can spark a passion, igniting a desire to push boundaries. Listen to Lorna’s background and how she got into competitive motorcycling. @@PLUGINFILE@@/audio-4228.h5p...
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The Tulsa Race Massacre
Society, Politics & Law

The Tulsa Race Massacre

...public inquiry (which reported in 2001) was launched, corroborating the claim of state complicity with white supremacism. More recently the portrayal of the massacre in two HBO series – Watchmen, broadcast in late 2019, and Lovecraft Country, broadcast in 2020 – resulted in renewed national and international attention. There have been numerous interventions...
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Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity
Nature & Environment

Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity

...public services, and fewer opportunities to exercise self-determination or participate in the regional and national political process. On top of these injustices, indigenous culture is usually portrayed, at best, as a touristic curiosity, and at worst, an impediment to economic progress within a globalised society. The devaluation of the indigenous way of life, including...
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Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...health agenda'. There are almost as many perspectives on the environment as there are on political parties. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Environment & Development...Sustainable Scotland: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the terms ‘sustainability’ and ‘sustainable development’ follow...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...public knowledge that such a law existed. “If you googled ‘joint enterprise’ when Ken went away you would get nothing,” she says, “no one knew anything about this doctrine or this area of law. But cases like Alexander’s are far from rare. According to research from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism 17% of murder prosecutions in England and Wales use the...
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A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list
Society, Politics & Law

A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list

...public, private, and regulatory stakeholders devolved into a public exchange of insults between Trump and then-New York Mayor Ed Koch. Trump was ultimately forced to sell to a group of Chinese financiers in a deal the New York Times described as “perhaps the closest that Mr. Trump has come to international diplomacy.” But the negotiation left Trump so angry at his...
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