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Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...Management Learning & Education, 17(2), pp. 137–54. Maldonado-Torres, N. (2017) 'Frantz Fanon and the decolonial turn in psychology: From modern/colonial methods to the decolonial attitude'. South African Journal of Psychology, 47(4), pp. 432–41. Quijano, A. (2000) 'Coloniality of power and Eurocentrism in Latin America'. International Sociology, 15(2), pp. 215–32....
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Video 40 mins
How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English
Languages

How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English

...the other hand, the general process that’s happening with this emoji is precisely how language evolves. After all, the word ‘penis’ itself began as a metaphor, deriving originally from the classical Latin for ‘tail’. But over time it became so firmly rooted in the language that these metaphorical beginnings are now long forgotten. More on language and creativity...
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Why is it dangerous when Trump sees people as objects?
Languages

Why is it dangerous when Trump sees people as objects?

...Latin word for thing, res, and in this context means “to thingify”) as a way to trivialize the humanity, dignity, needs or opinions of those with whom he disagrees. As the tape shows, he clearly talks this way in private, too. In a campaign that has epitomized the danger of this rhetoric, women are merely the latest to fall victim to this sort of “thingification.”...
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A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...Latin roots, deriving from the word ‘colere’ meaning ‘cultivation’. The word has agricultural beginnings and is associated with helping something to be nurtured, to thrive, to grow. One recent definition that resonated with me was: When people in a culture agree on what elements are important to the culture, these elements become the core elements of the...
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Finding women in Greek literature
History & The Arts

Finding women in Greek literature

...Latin Voices introduces listeners to ancient Greek texts drawn from a range of literary genres. These genres include: the epic of Homer, lyric poetry of Sappho, tragedy of Euripides, political history of Thucydides and the anthropological and historical writings of Herodotus. These authors and their surviving texts provide invaluable evidence concerning the culture of...
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The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...Latin, too, the word imperium, which came to be used for ‘empire’, contains a similar set of meanings, and we find that ancient sources also used the term in different ways (though probably more often to signify space or control rather than time). So the terminology has always been potentially complicated. What compounds the complication is that in historical terms...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...Latin; genus and species Environment: physical environment (not living) can be seen in terms of ecosystems Habitat: where something lives Interrelationship: many connections even in small rockpool for example, food chain, food web...Introducing the environment: ecology and ecosystems: 2.1 Where to start? - There is a problem with any attempt to take an ecological approach...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...Latin for ‘in the year of our Lord’), and you may find that the authors of other things you read on the topics discussed here use instead BC and AD instead of BCE and CE. Remember that BCE years count backwards – therefore the eighth century BCE is earlier than the seventh century BCE...The many guises of the emperor Augustus: 2 King Abdullah II of Jordan - Abdullah...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs