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The five billion dollar franchise: How much will Disney make from Star Wars merchandise
Money & Business

The five billion dollar franchise: How much will Disney make from Star Wars merchandise

...history it has licensed its characters to manufacturers in exchange for initial fees and sales percentages thereafter. In her book Understanding Disney, Wasko relates that almost as soon as Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie, Mickey’s image began to gain a foothold in US culture. During the 1930s the company began to flood the market with products and the...
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Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?

...history, anthropology, economics, and geography, whilst crossing through fields such as gender studies, international studies, migration and refugee studies, human rights, development studies, public policy and education. Yet, the interdisciplinarity of the field, and the variety of ways of looking at citizenship, have also meant that there is no distinct methodological...
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Information blackout at the Council of Europe?
Nature & Environment

Information blackout at the Council of Europe?

...history”. Indeed, access to the history (and sometimes even the deep history) of collective decision-making can often be more central to the sustaining of genuine accountability and democratic control of complex policy areas than access to up-to-the-minute information and documentation. Moreover, countervailing interests to transparency, such as ensuring the...
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How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?
History & The Arts

How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?

...history research expanded, and now I chair Wilfred Owen’s Edinburgh 1917-2017, a literary community celebrating the centenary of the poet’s time in Edinburgh. Looking at Owen through the lens of the city has led to a decade of research and thrown up some interesting questions. Not least about the meeting between Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, who...
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They can cage a child, but they can't frame the agenda
Society, Politics & Law

They can cage a child, but they can't frame the agenda

...Families Belong Together protest] Women Of Faith Cry Out: A protest against Trump's policies outside the Washington offices of US Customs And Border Protection By now, you’ve probably heard about the family separation and detention policies at the U.S. border. The facts are horrifying. Recent media coverage has led to a flurry of outrage and debate about the origins of...
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Glastonbury and the festival
History & The Arts

Glastonbury and the festival

...history of Glastonbury festival, and what really goes on beyond the pyramid stage. Transcript Dr Marion Bowman, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, gives an overview of the goddess worship that takes place in Glastonbury town, including a conference, a goddess temple, a gift shop and even a procession where revellers gather to make a public statement of their devotion...
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Fossil Detectives
Science, Maths & Technology

Fossil Detectives

...History Unit and The Open University, which showcases Britain’s amazing wealth of fossils, what they reveal about the mysteries of life and worlds long gone... Fossil Detectives A short introduction to this album. Megalosaurus in the Oxford museum Hermonie Cockburn intorduces and explains the birth of the Fossil Detective series and discusses the Megalosaurus, which...
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Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955
Society, Politics & Law

Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955

...history's failure to recognise and honour brave, tenacious women who refused to accept they were not equal to men...Find out more about The Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. Background On Tuesday 25 October 1955, members of the General Iron Fitters Association at Rolls-Royce in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, took unofficial strike action. By Thursday 27...
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