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Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...variables. This notion of cultural traits as fixed and unchanging effectively reproduces colonial stereotypes (Fougère and Moulettes, 2007). Moreover, the concept of national cultures – particularly the way they insist on an exclusive combination of state, people and language – is linked to the historical development of European nation states in the eighteenth...
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Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...De Brazza's guenons draw attention to their white-bearded dewlaps by shaking their heads when signalling aggression [p. 271], and dominant male vervet monkeys subdue subordinate males by flaunting their blue scrotums and red penises [p. 270]. The ability to use facial expressions has increased the complexity of social interactions between primates; therefore the brains of...
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How can you exercise safely in the heat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can you exercise safely in the heat?

...des Sables, a five-day run across the Sahara Desert in Morocco, where temperatures can reach 50℃. This 156-mile run is considered the toughest foot race on Earth. Our experience at Kingston University with people running and training in our heat chamber for events such as the Marathon des Sables and Badwater, demonstrates that with enough preparation, hydration and...
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Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?
Money & Business

Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?

...class accelerator. I didn’t think I looked like a ‘YC founder’. Thus, women may be opting out of accelerator programmes because of a perceived lack of fit with the predominantly male tech and start-up culture. For those women who do overcome this problem and get onto the programmes, they often then encounter prejudice and discrimination at the hands of the old boys'...
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Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...class. In fact, their situation is both more specific and less pre-determined; more specific because the particularities of a locality, history, community and organisation matter, but also less pre-determined because these specifics are highly changeable. It can be difficult to think in scales of global economic tides and social values, but the individual, workplace,...
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Can you learn a language with an app?
Languages

Can you learn a language with an app?

...should not feel threatened by apps. Instead, teachers should encourage their students to use them to do the repetitive grammar work, leaving precious class time for more language interaction. Fernando Rosell-Aguilar, Senior lecturer in Spanish and Open Media Fellow, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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St David’s Day and the role of the crowd in perceptions of Welsh musical identity
History & The Arts

St David’s Day and the role of the crowd in perceptions of Welsh musical identity

...have been adapted and reimagined to suit contemporary contexts. Darllenwch yr erthygl yma yn Gymraeg | Read this article in Welsh Want to delve a little deeper? Dr Helen Barlow - Progress and tradition: listening to the singing of the Welsh c. 1870 to c. 1920 Dr Helen Barlow - ‘Praise the Lord! We are a musical nation’: the Welsh working classes and religious singing...
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How do historians know about the past?
History & The Arts

How do historians know about the past?

...classed as secondary sources too. Historians can use the wide range of secondary source material to answer lots of questions. But writing history is a complicated process. Different authors will have differing views and opinions on the same subject. Thinking of taking it further? If you want to study history at university level, the free course 'Taking your first steps in...
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