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Unlocking the diversity of the past
History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...social pressures of conventional marriage. They arrived in Llangollen in 1778 and settled there as a couple, becoming famous throughout Europe as the 'Ladies of Llangollen'. Painting by J.H. Lynch c.1880 courtesy of Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru /The National Library of Wales. Some people think of history as something that should be confined to books and school lessons,...
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African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation
History & The Arts

African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation

...social scientists has been ongoing since the Enlightenment. Among the Enlightenment intellectuals Auguste Comte (pictured), the founding father of French sociology, is the only one that presented fetishism in some sort of positive light (Böhme, 2014). In contrast with other intellectuals such as Hume, for whom fetishism and polytheism were the crude beginnings of all...
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Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...worked from a social harm perspective: Paddy Hillyard Christina Pantazis Simon Pemberton Larry Tifft Steve Tombs. Source: adapted from McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (eds) (2001)...Criminology beyond crime: Supranational criminology - The concept of harm has added much to the branch of the discipline often referred to as supranational criminology. The pertinence of this...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...social skills and obesity. Examples of the apparent risks appear in the work of Howard-Jones (2011), who analysed current research in neuroscience and psychology. His argument is that the developing brain can be highly susceptible to environmental influence, and thus that digital technology opens it to risks including: aggressive responses in children caused by playing...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?
History & The Arts

Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?

...social scientific methodologies for studying religions, and indeed social phenomena more generally, are supposed to be based on empathy and understanding rather than prejudice. There are two main elements to be considered: on the one hand, the race structure of the early anthropology and sociology of religion and, on the other, assets from those same sources that can be...
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Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education
Education & Development

Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education

...Working with and against the affective flows of resistance in social and global justice learning. Critical Literacy: Theories & Practices, 7(2). Tuck, E., & Yang, K. W. (2012). Decolonization is not a metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 1(1), 1-40. Whyte, K. (2020). Too late for indigenous climate justice: Ecological and relational tipping points....
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Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends
Science, Maths & Technology

Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends

...work of women in mathematics today...[Emmy Noether] Emmy Noether OU research student Harry Kennard places the spotlight on Emmy Noether, the female mathematician who bucked the historical trends suggesting women can't be mathematical geniuses. Highlighting the achievements of women in mathematics The Fields Medal is widely regarded as the most prestigious award someone...
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Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions

...working life for women, called upon to fill the void left by men. Proving themselves more than capable in jobs formerly considered only suitable for men contributed to the fight for women's suffrage...Find out more about The Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. With the introduction of conscription in 1916 leading to over 100,000 men in Scotland leaving...
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