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Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?
Society, Politics & Law

Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?

...Research Centre Another interesting aspect is the level of engagement of community members. In some cases the “effort” expended is fairly minimal, a supportive “well done” or a ‘like’ about a story. However in a lot of cases community members are taking the time to add a lot of information in the comments, telling of similar stories that happened to them –...
The importance of alternative household arrangements
Society, Politics & Law

The importance of alternative household arrangements

...children remaining at home, or retired parents moving in with adult children, is a situation where non-related adults share accommodation. However, people may also deliberately choose such alternative forms of living for other reasons (instead of, or in addition to, this). For example, they may do so due to shared spiritual, political or ecological commitments. It is...
Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...researcher writes: ‘If cultural theorists want to understand how Black women and girls view their worlds, it is essential to understand why hair matters to them’ (Bank, 2004). For the vast majority of Black women and girls, hair is not just hair; it contains emotive qualities that are linked to one’s lived experience and identification. Historically, hair has held...
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...children's literature allows us to learn not just about the books that children are reading, but also about what role reading plays in childhood, and how our ideas about childhood affect the books that they read. In this free course, you will be introduced to some of the key questions that the study of children's literature raises, such as: how do ......
Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds
Society, Politics & Law

Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds

...research into food and agriculture, and shows how a revolutionary project seed banking project on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen made it possible for that research to continue. Transcript Hi, I’m Dr Oliver Zanetti. I’m a PhD graduate of The Open University’s Department of Geography where I currently work as a Research Associate. I’m going to examine how conflict...
Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...research; analysing existing self-help; conducting collaborative research with gender-, sexual-, and relationship-diverse (GSRD) communities; autoethnographic reflection; and creative dissemination. This time I want to reflect on one particular strand of the project: the book How to Understand Your Gender (2017 London: Jessica Kingsley), which I have written with scholar...
Convoy to Calais
Society, Politics & Law

Convoy to Calais

...centre of the government. And we can see behind me the Cenotaph and the war memorials. And we can see the cars beginning to pile up. The plan today is to assemble a large collection of different kinds of vehicles, a convoy to Calais, that will show solidarity with the refugees coming from Syria. Speeches are taking place just opposite 10 Downing Street. Sam Fairbairn:...
Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...research engages with several key environmental concerns: agriculture and food security, biodiversity conservation, climate change and sustainability. In AstrobiologyOU, he is a member of the International Development workstream, which considers issues around the use of space technologies to support development, inclusion, innovation, partnerships and ethics. Your work...