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Methods in Motion: Becoming relativist
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Becoming relativist

...writes rather cryptically: The logical negation of the world and the annihilation [of its value] results from our need to oppose Being to Non-being [the Nothing], and that the concept of ‘Becoming’ is denied. (Friedrich Nietzsche, Unpublished Notebooks, 1887–88) It requires a lot of analysis and contextual knowledge to make explicit the argument that Nietzsche makes...
Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists

...writing a PhD on the Chinese pension system. She is certainly not the archetypal leader of a far-right party. At the big table Now that it will sit in the federal parliament, the AfD needs learn how to deal with the challenges of real world political life inside the Bundestag. It has plenty of members who have plenty to say. It is not short of chiefs. But in the Bundestag...
When two worlds collide: achieving wisdom in online groups
Science, Maths & Technology

When two worlds collide: achieving wisdom in online groups

...writing on Waking Up and this idea that we're in our own heads all the time. What is M World expected to achieve? Transcript One of the most simplest and perhaps most obvious thing it does is underline what is good behaviour and what is the correct way to behave towards somebody. What are we doing next? Transcript We need to surprise ourselves sometimes and sometimes it's...
The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons
Society, Politics & Law

The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons

...an opened packet of the drug 'Spice'. The wrapper is square, silver and says 'Spice' in black cursive lettering and 'Diamond' in embossed writing, There is an eye graphic on the wrapper.] Chemical comforts: but how dangerous is Spice? Lance Cpl. Damany S. Coleman, US Marine Corps, CC BY This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
Telegram brief history. Stop
Digital & Computing

Telegram brief history. Stop

...write'. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the telegraph as 'an apparatus for transmitting messages to a distance, usually by signs of some kind'. As this definition suggests, telegraphy goes beyond the transmission of written text to encompass other forms of non-verbal signalling. It is therefore something which predates the electrical telegraph with which we...
David Lucey
Education & Development

David Lucey

...writing, computer literacy, community participation, photography, healthy eating and mindfulness. My favourite courses on OpenLearn have been Challenging ideas in mental health, Starting with psychology, Coping in isolation: Time to Think and An introduction to crime and criminology... all interesting topics that I wanted to learn more about.’ And that was one of the...
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How to use a musical score
History & The Arts

How to use a musical score

...writing down how sounds relate to the time they occupy was a major breakthrough in the history of Western music notation. Professor Susan Rankin talks to Open University Professor David Rowland about how difficult it was to convey both pitch and rhythm in a way that was relatively easy to learn and easy for musicians to use. Pianist Alexander Panfilov performs Mozart's...
True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum

...Writing for British Influence, Robert Saunders says that the use of celebs was in a bid to offset the sense that the In campaign was pretty fusty: To its critics, 'Britain in Europe' reeked of privilege. It held press conferences in the Waldorf Astoria, was run by a career diplomat - Sir Con O'Neill - and was almost embarrassingly well-financed. Opponents argued that...