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Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020
Health, Sports & Psychology

Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020

...multiple ‘hats’, or scarves, that football fans are likely to wear when they enjoy the Euro 2020 spectacle...If you are one of the millions of football fans across Europe settling down to enjoy the delayed Euro 2020 football tournament, which players and teams will you be cheering on? Which of them best ‘represents’ you? Our home nation is the obvious choice for...
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The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back
OpenLearn Ireland

The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back

...multiple locations around the world. Explore the articles in this collection . Further reading You may wish to explore the following useful sources for further reading: http://muintir.ie/save-rural-ireland/ http://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/Rural-Ireland-is-in-serious-trouble-.html
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Detecting fake images
Society, Politics & Law

Detecting fake images

...multiple cameras, they give everyone chances to take, edit and create spectacular images without using a professional camera and image editing software. Furthermore, with a few touches and wipes, the images can be shared with many people in seconds. [Photo of the Loch Ness monster (Fake imagery)] The hoaxed photo of the Loch Ness monster Why do people distribute fake...
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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...multiple routes to change that. For me, education is one of the primary ways. And I don’t just mean science and technology education. People who don’t want a science career shouldn’t be excluded from accessing the wonders of space. Everyone can contribute to exploration. What will a space artist create? How will space actors act or space dancers dance? We also need...
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Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education
Education & Development

Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education

...multiple ways of seeing the world and making new discoveries (UN 2013). It involves values of cultural diversity and human rights, attitudes of openness, respect and tolerance, knowledge of the self, communication, cultures and religions and skills including critical thinking, empathy and adaptability (Barrett 2018). Such competencies can be developed through Peace...
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The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Jane Austen

...and untruthful about Austen. Like much contemporary popular culture, it does its best to turn her from a writer of classics into one of her own rom-com heroines, preferably Elizabeth Bennet. But it also admits, almost without meaning to, Austen’s own interest in money, her sense that a regular, solid income calculated in multiples of ten is the true basis of romance....
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The science behind why we drink alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science behind why we drink alcohol

...is thought that this effect may not come from changes in the dilation of blood vessels but may originate in the brain itself. [The Conversation] All in all, alcohol has multiple effects on your mind and brain. If you do decide to have a drink, for whatever reason, do so with knowledge. This article was originally published on The Conversation . Read the original article ....
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How radical was Martin Luther King?
History & The Arts

How radical was Martin Luther King?

...multiple ways. But from my perspective as a historian of religion and civil rights, the true radicalism of his thought remains underappreciated. The “civil saint” portrayed nowadays was, by the end of his life, a social and economic radical, who argued forcefully for the necessity of economic justice in the pursuit of racial equality. Three particular works from 1957...
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