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Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably?
Science, Maths & Technology

Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably?

...social responsibility: Gerrit Rietveld’s Crate Chair Designs don’t just have utilitarian or aesthetic functions they can also have economic, social and political ones. Here Emma Curtis, of the Design Museum, discusses examples of designs that are driven by social responsibility. Semantics and form: Tom Dixon’s Crown Chair By the end of the 60s, modernist principles...
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Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland

...social composition, its historical legacy, and its role in a changing national economic pattern. Synthesis The way in which places retain their uniqueness within wider systems of interdependence is an important methodological issue within geography and is approached through the method of synthesis. This is a way of explaining: how the different elements of society are...
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Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?

...socialism was considered a “dirty word”, Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn are inspiring a growing number of American and British citizens with a message of economic equality and social justice. And both have concrete achievements to show for it: Corbyn swept to victory with a huge margin in the Labour leadership contest, while Sanders achieved a 22-point victory over...
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Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...social and environmental needs emotional and affectional needs behavioural presentation. Government guidelines assist social workers considering the needs of children looked after by local authorities across a range of these fields (health, education, identity, family and social relationships, social presentation, emotional and behavioural development, self-care skills)....
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Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work

...social competition and comparison are continually reinforced online, and engaging with this has already been shown to be associated with depressive symptoms in young people For example, we know that traditional social comparison plays a role in work burnout. For millennials, social competition and comparison are continually reinforced online, and engaging with this has...
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Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?
History & The Arts

Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?

...social scientific methodologies for studying religions, and indeed social phenomena more generally, are supposed to be based on empathy and understanding rather than prejudice. There are two main elements to be considered: on the one hand, the race structure of the early anthropology and sociology of religion and, on the other, assets from those same sources that can be...
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The Who Are We? project
Society, Politics & Law

The Who Are We? project

...social media following. The event has explored aspects of belonging, migration, citizenship and participation under the big question ‘Who are We?’ Artists, activists and academics from countries including England, Scotland, Poland, Finland, Iraq, Italy, Germany, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Slovenia, Romania, Greece, Spain, Israel, USA and South Africa were part of a...
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How might Brexit affect Scotland?
Society, Politics & Law

How might Brexit affect Scotland?

...Social researcher, Mark Differley, and writer for Scottish Centre on European Relations, Kirsty Huges, analyse the impact of Brexit on Scotland. Can Scotland negotiate a separate EU referendum deal? Transcript Social researcher, Mark Differley, and writer for Scottish Centre on European Relations, Kirsty Huges, explore how the relationship between the Europian Union and...
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