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Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales
Languages

Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales

...become the Cajuns, an ethnic group with a distinct hybrid character exemplifying the constant exchanges between the various cultures existing in Louisiana for over two centuries. Today, Cajun culture boasts influences of French Creoles (French colonists born in Louisiana), Spanish, Native Americans, African and Caribbean slaves, Anglo-Americans, Germans, and Italians.​...
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...become a staple of security in the modern airport understand the role of matter and the material in making social worlds by using the airport as a case study...Passports: identity and airports: 1 The passport system - Figure 1 UK passports Passport systems have a long and varied history. They’re probably the most widespread and enduring example of a ‘regime of...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi a rôl y dorf mewn canfyddiadau o hunaniaeth gerddorol Gymreig
History & The Arts

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi a rôl y dorf mewn canfyddiadau o hunaniaeth gerddorol Gymreig

...OU, Yr Athro Emeritws Trevor Herbert a Dr Helen Barlow a Dr Martin Clarke yn cyd-olygu The Cambridge History of Welsh Music, sef yr astudiaeth academaidd fawr gyntaf ar hanes cerddoriaeth Gymreig. Gan ddwyn ynghyd gwaith deuddeg o ysgolheigion blaengar, bydd yn archwilio cerddoriaeth Gymreig a bywyd cerddorol o’r ffynonellau canoloesol cyntaf hyd at ffenomenon ‘Cool...
Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women
Society, Politics & Law

Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women

...OU collection exploring what Good Friday Agreement means 25 yars on This arcicle is part of "A Peace of Us", our special collection of resources exploring what the Good Friday Agreement brought to our lives in the 25 years since its signing. Beginnings The people who decided what the Good Friday Agreement looked like could not have imagined that by the time of the...
Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course

...OU practice to consider content from many angles, including the cultural and constructions/portrayals of race and gender. You can read more about how we tackled race, and particularly gender, in a companion article [link to be insterted]. Back to the dilemma. I have no experience of creative writing (beyond winning a Blue Peter poetry competition when I was 8), but the...
Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic

...OU is working with Paired to enable couples to thrive. Daily questions and quizzes prompt conversations about everything from sexual fantasies to engaging with sex and intimacy issues in relationships. Check out the Paired app. People tend to compare their sex lives against fictional others based on hearsay, guesswork and popular culture misinformation. Recognizing how...
The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces

...OU and The Parks Trust https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/social-care-social-work/keep-me-walking-people-living-dementia-and-outdoor-environments Leach J (2018) Green care: contact with nature can improve mental health
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...becomes linked with family problems, then eating can itself become a problem. Also, children may begin to use eating (or not eating) certain foods as a way of testing the power of their parents. Not eating is often the only thing that children can do to exert control over their lives, and if this pattern of using food to control one’s life is continued into adolescence...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs