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Revolutions of the Sixties
History & The Arts

Revolutions of the Sixties

...social revolutions of the 1960s impacted upon American rock musician Janis Joplin (1943–1970). You’ll consider the extent to which the contemporary sexual revolution brought about greater gender equality for female popular musicians such as Janis Joplin and consider whether it might be more accurate to view this as a superficial revolution which masked the reality of...
Voices from the Global South: confronting climate coloniality
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: confronting climate coloniality

...Find out more about D113 Global Challenges: social sciences in action, and the qualifications Geography and Environmental Studies offers. Acknowledgements Thank you to Professor Farhana Sultana, India Logan-Riley, Steve Ratuva, Saleemul Huq, Mia Mottley, Tracey Bunda, Hugo Romero, Philile Mbatha, Poshendra Satyal and Michael Meadows for contributing to the videos....
What is it like to research death and loss?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is it like to research death and loss?

...Social Research Methodology, 24(5), 589–602. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2020.1857972 [free-to-access version: https://oro.open.ac.uk/71096/3/71096.pdf] • Borgstrom, Erica; Mallon, Sharon and Murphy, Sam eds. (2022). Unpacking Sensitive Research: Epistemological and Methodological Implications. Abingdon: Routledge. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003252320 •...
Imperial Rome and Ostia
History & The Arts

Imperial Rome and Ostia

...of the lavish Pantheon Temple. The Baths of Caracalla Roman baths acted as urban social spaces, like the leisure centres of modern world. This video track explains the routine a Roman might go through upon visiting the baths. The dome of the caldarium This video concludes how the Romans were excellent developers of technology, but not necessarily very inventive....
Philosophy and the Human Situation
History & The Arts

Philosophy and the Human Situation

...Social Contract Pro- and Anti-Regan Debate Rosalind Hursthouse and Derek Matravers cover, in the form of a debate, the Regan argument developed by Tom Regan, animal rights professor. Ethics, Animals, and the Environment Oxford University Philosophy Professor Roger Crisp discusses specific moral questions concerning ethics, animals and the environment Wonder Influential...
Science Communication and Public Engagement
Science, Maths & Technology

Science Communication and Public Engagement

...social networking will professional science broadcasting still retain significance in the future? Is there a role in this new digital world for printed journals and other forms of ‘traditional’ media? Dr Richard Holliman leads discussions exploring the history of science broadcasting and looks at whether emerging forms of user-generated content provide new...
Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs

...social enterprise offering things like music sessions and yoga to people living with mental health conditions in the local area. Case study 2: Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy In this case study we hear from Mathew O’Sullivan. He’s 25 years old and has a form of muscular dystrophy called Duchenne’s. He lives near Reading with his girlfriend Lizzie who has cerebral...
International Development: microcredit and migration
Science, Maths & Technology

International Development: microcredit and migration

...social exchange currency. Migrant communities, such as Greek Cypriots and Ethiopians in London, and Sierra Leoneans in Liverpool, have a chance to reveal the issues they’ve faced; while in the audio tracks we hear from experts who are working to expand the contribution that African migrants abroad can make to Africa’s development. Finally, a Chinese "beer pioneer" and...