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Decolonising computing?
Digital & Computing

Decolonising computing?

...system, informed by the ways of thinking and knowing (epistemologies) located at such sites, with a view to undermining the asymmetry of local- global power relationships, and effecting the decentring of Eurocentric/ Western-centric universals. However, to return to the original question, “what does it mean to decolonise computing?”, I think there is also a need to...
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Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth
Education & Development

Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth

...thinking more expansively about sources, look in more detail at sources in todays’ digital environment. To conclude, I will share one of my favourite books with you, favourite in part due to its readability, combined with extensive use of referencing. Sources can be many and varied Typically for assignment writing you will expect and be expected to provide appropriate...
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Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...thinking really are, and who want to understand the underpinnings of our ideas about them...Computers are becoming smarter and may soon become intelligent. This free course, Machines, minds and computers, looks at what intelligence is, how computers may become so, and whether they ever will really be intelligent. It is aimed at people interested in understanding what...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Influence diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Influence diagrams

...systems map that explores the influences between the components that you have included on the map. It therefore represents how the components both of the system and its environment interact, and shows the important relationships that exist among them. It presents an overview of areas of activity, or organisational and other groupings, and their main interrelationships. It...
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Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change

...think we should not be over simplistic with this because there are some grazing systems where you actually can demonstrate there is a lot of carbon that flows into the soil where it is stored, for some years at least. We have some possibilities to reduce emissions also from the livestock sector, but all-in-all we need to go towards sustainable pathways where we would have...
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Marxism and Marketing
Money & Business

Marxism and Marketing

...thinking relevant when applied to a modern drink’s marketing strategy? The successful sale of white cider to people from poorer economic demographics has not gone unnoticed and many social commentators have criticised the manner in which the drink has been marketed. In a Capitalist system, should we expect all market opportunities to be exploited regardless of moral...
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How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...thinking about the social security system has to take into account not only how we would like it to be here, but the international climate, especially the state of our competitors. What would be the effect of trying to compete with other countries in the world, who are less shackled with high welfare costs, without reducing ours, and indeed are there countries with lower...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Beachbrains
Science, Maths & Technology

Beachbrains

...think in the sun, sand just bakes. Although each grain of sand is a tiny chip of silicon, as a silicon chip it computes a big round nothing, zilch, nada; touching only its nearest neighbours does not make even the slightest hum, never mind turning on the lights. Making the right connections is how difficult, precisely? Dummer first conceived of connecting silicon with...
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