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Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt
Science, Maths & Technology

Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt

...Open University course S339, Understanding the continents... Iceland: ridge, plume and basalt A short introduction to this album. Volcanism in the western riftzone Basalt, Icelands basic building block of the western rift zone Tectonic forces Evidence of Icelands crustal stretching. Volcanism in the eastern riftzone Examining Icelands 1480AD fissure eruption. New land on...
Introducing Health Sciences: Breast Screening
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Breast Screening

...Open University course SDK125 Introducing health sciences: a case study approach... Introducing Health Sciences: Breast Screening A short introduction to this album Having a mammogram Find out exactly what happens when women have a mammogram. Follow up clinic Follow one woman's experience when a mammogram does not give clear results. Analysing Mammograms Step inside the...
Perceptions of English literature
History & The Arts

Perceptions of English literature

...of The Open University course A230 Reading and studying literature... How English is English literature? Can we still consider English literature English? What is English literature? Authors discuss the literature they were exposed to as children. New voices During the wave of independence many writers from the de-colonised countries began to have their work published....
Inuit Throat Singing
History & The Arts

Inuit Throat Singing

...Open University course AA317, Words and music... Inuit Throat Singing A short introduction to this album. Tanya Tagaq – Throat Singing The background to throat singing and an example song – husky slipping on ice Learning throat singing How Culture within Singing What Tanya's singing means to her, and how her culture is encapsulated within it. The sounds of throat...
Online Rights and the Law
Science, Maths & Technology

Online Rights and the Law

...on the net. It also explores who owns the information we publish when we create an online account. This material forms part of the Open University course TU100 My digital life... Why do the media need your help? Online media and freedom of information Does the online Generation have anything to worry about? Are we still legally considered citizens, when we’re online?...
Repatriation and returning remains
History & The Arts

Repatriation and returning remains

...Open University course A151 Making sense of things: an introduction to material culture... Encountering a body Nigel Warburton discusses two different cases regarding the issue of consent when displaying human remains. Torres Strait remains The Natural History Museum in London gave back 138 ancestral remains to the Torres Strait islands. Objections to Repatriation Tiffany...
Voice of Indian Song
History & The Arts

Voice of Indian Song

...Open University course AA317 Words and music... Voice of Indian Song A short introduction to this album Becoming a Singer Sudokshina Chatterjee explains why she started to sing, and her journey from the first singing lesson to now. The Voice Sudokshina Chatterjee discusses the voice, looking at how vocalists are trained, the different ways to use the voice, and the...
Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

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