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Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...la traduzione, perche’ pensi che queste siano questioni importanti? In che misura il tuo multilinguismo è importante per la tua arte? E in quale lingua pensi che il tuo lavoro stia comunicando con il pubblico? Laura: Thanks for this question about language, translation and the relation between my own plurilingualism and art. When we have to define what is human often...
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Participatory development in action
Society, Politics & Law

Participatory development in action

...communities featured in this album certainly don’t. This album examines how development agencies can empower communities to help themselves by introducing simple technologies, and facilitate the sharing of ideas through education. In the Andean mountains, scarce supplies of water and agricultural challenges give rise to conflict; but the changes engineered by...
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World in transition: Managing Resources
Nature & Environment

World in transition: Managing Resources

...communities featured in this album certainly don’t. This album examines how development agencies can empower communities to help themselves by introducing simple technologies, and facilitate the sharing of ideas through education. In the Andean mountains, scarce supplies of water and agricultural challenges give rise to conflict; but the changes engineered by...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins
Speak in colours!
Languages

Speak in colours!

...la lanterne rouge- (lit. to be the red lantern), to be last Rouge comme une écrevisse- (lit. to be red like a crayfish), red as a lobster/tomato Se fâcher tout rouge-(lit. to be all red angry), to blow one’s top Green [Image of leaves with French idioms concerning the colour green written across the image] Se mettre au vert- (lit. to put oneself in the green), escape...
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Crime, Order and Social Control
Society, Politics & Law

Crime, Order and Social Control

...communities in the UK to explore issues of criminal justice and the introduction of possibly controversial crime control initiatives such as restorative justice, which involves offenders meeting their victims. It also looks at schemes tackling problems of racial violence and other anti-social behaviours. This material forms part of The Open University course D315 Crime,...
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Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia
History & The Arts

Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia

...community, either, because of your hearing loss and in the wider world you face multiple communication and language barriers. Where do you fit then? How do you manage your multiple identities? This is what I sought to find out. My name is Ayah and I am an Australian Lebanese-Muslim woman with a hearing impairment. I was born and raised in Australia, and growing up I have...
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Retail marketing
Money & Business

Retail marketing

...communicate with their customers, considering definitions of retailing and consumers, the basics of communications, before moving on to look at different forms of marketing communications and advertising used by retailers...This free course, Retail marketing, explores how retailers use marketing to communicate with their customers, considering definitions of retailing and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

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...community development is a powerful approach being used with a diverse network of communities and community organizations across the Connected Communities programme to help uncover and utilize their hidden potential, their tangible resources (such as spaces, services and infrastructures) and intangible qualities (such as creative talents, skills, knowledge, social and...
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