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Hip Hop and the Institution: Darren Abracadazra
History & The Arts

Hip Hop and the Institution: Darren Abracadazra

...Open University’s Hip Hop and the Institution conference. Here, he talks about his influences, poetry and ‘X Factor’... ...‘My name is Darren Paul and I've been performing poetry for around 4-5 years. I am a British-born Jamaican import with mixed ancestry that grew up in London before moving to Milton Keynes at a young age. My poetry is sometimes existential in...
Reading and child development: The Our Story app: Introduction
Education & Development

Reading and child development: The Our Story app: Introduction

...Open University have been interested in applying research based knowledge to develop an app which is designed to be fun, but will also help children develop abilities they will need when they start to read. In the following section we describe the way research ideas have been translated into an application. As you will see we are concerned not only with the cognitive...
Island Arc Magmatism: Santorini
Science, Maths & Technology

Island Arc Magmatism: Santorini

...Open University geologists Richard Thorpe and Steve Blake take us on a geological tour of the island. They piece together the likely sequence of events of the eruption which destroyed an ancient civilisation. This material forms part of the course: S339 Understanding the continents... Island Arc Magmatism: Santorini A short introduction to this album. Welcome to Santorini...
Nouvelles mises au point
Languages

Nouvelles mises au point

...Open University Course L310 Nouvelles mises au point... Introduction Introduction to the series of tracks Caribbean French People talk about the special flavour of the French spoken in Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean A French Caribbean speciality A professor in Martinique describes a local speciality with an intriguing name. A creole story A schoolteacher tells...
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...Open University Course A216 Art and its histories... Textiles in Ghana A short introduction to this album. Ghana: Introduction to Kente weaving A short history of the tradition of the Kente weavers in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Nana Asante Fremprong, a local businessman and master weaver, describes the method and skills involved in the process and how it's been updated...
Space, Time and Consciousness
Science, Maths & Technology

Space, Time and Consciousness

...Open University’s Professor Russell Stannard where the big mysteries of the universe are made comprehensible and any possibility is considered in the name of science. This material is supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation... Space, Time and Consciousness A short introduction to this album Consciousness and the Limits of Science Professor Russell...
Water supply and treatment in the UK
Science, Maths & Technology

Water supply and treatment in the UK

...Open University course T210 Environmental control and public health... Water supply and treatment in the UK An introduction to the contents of this album. Preserving water A panel discuss how safe, affordable drinking water is supplied in East Anglia, one of the driest parts of the UK. Treating water Computer graphics reveal the processes at Hanningfield Reservoir,...
Living the Legacy
Science, Maths & Technology

Living the Legacy

...Open University in collaboration with the British Council. They form part of Darwin Now, a global initiative celebrating the life and work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © British Council 2009... Living the Legacy A brief introduction to this album. Darwin Now in Africa Sheila Ochugbojou discusses African...