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Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...social interaction. Participation/ unity, ritual function. Religious/ritual function. First verbal content, then other musical features (melody, rhythm). To elaborate on the answers in Table 1, the first two rows suggest that in more than one instance, either there is no audience, or, if there is one, its presence may be considered incidental to the performance (audience...
Humans better at rapid change than we think
Nature & Environment

Humans better at rapid change than we think

...social scientists: we can change the world around us, and our treatment of it, more quickly and more significantly than we realise. Beset by wars and rumours of still worse wars, by economic, political and social implosions, by natural disasters and a climate warming faster than we can moderate our impact on it, it is easy to think that changing to a greener and fairer...
Reading Political Philosophy: From Machiavelli to Mill
History & The Arts

Reading Political Philosophy: From Machiavelli to Mill

...social, historical and moral context and the book’s continuing relevance to contemporary political thought. Hobbes: Jon Pike and Quentin Skinner Concentrating on the masterpiece Leviathan, Hobbes’ political and social doctrine is defined and considered, along with Hobbes’ thought on the viability of monarchy. Locke: Jon Pike and Jeremy Waldron A wide-ranging...
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...interactions between them. But we must never forget that we ourselves are members of – and manipulators of – the ecosystems we inhabit. We are a part of the biosphere. We were produced by it; we live within it; and we are beginning to change it in ways we don't yet fully understand. The course will end by introducing the concept of ‘ecological health’, the idea...
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...social justice as applied to education and reflects on the different purposes of, and value ascribed to, education in different countries and cultures. It discusses different conceptions of 'justice' and the distinction between equity and equality...This free course, Exploring equality and equity in education, considers the complexity of social justice as applied to...
Community engagement and policing
OpenLearn Ireland

Community engagement and policing

Explore OpenLearn's collection of courses focused on community engagement and policing, produced in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. ...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses and qualifications. Transcript
Art history in Wales
Education & Development

Art history in Wales

...interacts with art and, in turn, how that culture is to an extent defined by the art that comes to represent it are fascinating topics. I think the courses I have selected below could help answer a number of questions and provide areas for further exploration, such as: an understanding of Welsh history how religion, language and politics shape art the nature of cultural...
Researching Professional Development Framework
Education & Development

Researching Professional Development Framework

...interactive tool, designed to support your development on the Professional Doctorate programmes...The framework consists of three overarching themes broken down into a further nine development areas to encourage you to: think about your ongoing development as a researching professional identify actions to support your development during the forthcoming Professional...