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The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland

...world, and in many parts of Europe and Britain as well as all over Ireland. In that sense, what we see in the West of Ireland is part of a widespread distribution of this system of agriculture. It is the process of their establishment in the West of Ireland that is distinctive, representing a clash between the remnants of a particular small-scale peasant society and a...
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The politics of food introduction
Society, Politics & Law

The politics of food introduction

...world is divided between what we would call artisan and industrial cider makers. We grow 40 different varieties of apples and produce a cider with a provenance that it comes from this part of Somerset and produce a brandy, which we can claim the same for. We sell cider out of barrels, we have done for all my life, certainly on this farm for the last 150 years. Slowly we...
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The Dog of Alcibiades
History & The Arts

The Dog of Alcibiades

...world; dogs used for hunting would often be raised by their owner from puppyhood, although they could be given as valuable gifts in later life. In the third century CE a Roman writer, Nemesianus, tells us how to pick the best puppy in the litter. You separate the puppies from their mother, surround them with a ring of fire, and see which puppy the mother saves first; this...
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What is child-led research and why is it important?
Education & Development

What is child-led research and why is it important?

...world. Finding out what other children in your school think about maths lessons, or what other young people understand about money, for example, can be fascinating. You can see a wide variety of research done by children and young people here. Wanting to change something: Research led by children and young people can be important because it can help them to make their...
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The Social and Discursive Construction of Disability
Society, Politics & Law

The Social and Discursive Construction of Disability

...world but more as an artefact of interaction. In this way, the disabled body and mind is not a permanent state but rather a fluid representation produced through a multiplicity of histories, structures, and discourses. Disability knowledge and meaning are not then to be taken as an all-encompassing and accurate reflection of the experience of it. Rather, disability should...
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Designing interactive systems for dogs
Digital & Computing

Designing interactive systems for dogs

...world around them, so when presented with different styles of switches, buttons and other controls it may be hard for them to realise that they have the same functions. Of course dogs also come in all shapes and sizes, so any design needs to be versatile enough to account for such a variety. The design of domestic appliances could be friendlier to dogs, particularly to...
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Big moon rising
Science, Maths & Technology

Big moon rising

...world happens on average only every 50,000 years or so, produces at least ten times more ash than any volcano in the past millennium, and could blot out so much sunlight that plants would cease to grow for months on end. A supermoon is defined as a full moon occurring during the tenth of its orbit that is closest to the Earth. On average this happens at least once a year...
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Business Bursts: Branding
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Branding

...World’s Favourite Airline’, but they’re phrases or images we associate with a product, and which gives the company or organisation an advantage over its competitors, because it doesn’t need to communicate anything more than at brand values, or its image it’s presenting. Dr Terry O’Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in Management A product if you like is, if you could...
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