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Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...Open University's Language courses and qualifications. Hip Hop Hip hop is a Black radical knowledge movement that emerged in post-industrial urban North America in the 1970s and that has now become a global phenomenon and source of cultural inspiration for marginalised youth from around the world. The term ‘hip hop’ was coined in the late 1970s, possibly in the South...
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What's next for British wages?
Money & Business

What's next for British wages?

...course, wage stagnation does not affect everyone equally. Indeed, low wages are also impacted by existing problems of racism and sexism. Declining pay, perhaps not surprisingly, is especially dramatic for non-white and non-males. There are serious racial and gender pay gaps that persist and in some cases are widening. They are linked to structural issues – such as women...
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Invasion of the killer pumpkins
Money & Business

Invasion of the killer pumpkins

...Furthermore, the fact that Halloween (or Easter, or Christmas) comes but once a year, means customers are prepared to pay more for products in fancy dress than they would for the basic item – thus creating more profit margin. Of course such potential rewards carry risk. Nobody wants jelly rodents in the warehouse in the first week of November. More on a Halloween theme...
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Assisted dying or non-assisted living?
Society, Politics & Law

Assisted dying or non-assisted living?

...course we did want to go ahead. The insertion of the pacemaker was a medical success but a personal tragedy for Dad. He endured two more years of pain, confusion, immobility, indignity and misery, until he contracted complex dysphagia and stopped trying to eat or drink. In the meantime, Mum’s health suffered because of the physical and emotional strain; she was...
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Speak in colours!
Languages

Speak in colours!

...course, differences in each country and these idiosyncratic descriptions are fun to explore. The following phrases are illustrative of expressions in French that use colour. I have chosen to leave out expressions that are similar or the same in English and focus on ones that you might find tricky. A literal translation will not always help you work out the meaning....
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Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year

...Chinese New Year festival season will last until 15 February which is known as the Lantern Festival. [Lanterns for Chinese New Year] Celebrate the new year by dipping into some of our fantastic resources on China and Chinese. In addition to those free resources, you may also wish to have look at our newly launched short courses in Chinese language and business culture....
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Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...course structural and economic contexts making it possible for members of our society to collect and hoard so many objects: First, people at all income levels now can afford many more material possessions than they could 30 years ago. So, in real terms, household expenditure and incomes have doubled since 1971 and the prices of food and consumer durables, e.g. electronics...
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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...Open World for Natural hair, provides protections against race-based hair bias, prohibiting discrimination based on hair texture and protective styles including braids, twists and locs. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, who has alopecia and is a key sponsor of the Bill, called it ‘a win for public health – especially the health of Black women who are disproportionately...
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