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Global response to the financial crisis
Society, Politics & Law

Global response to the financial crisis

...world of whose making?... Global response to the financial crisis A short introduction to this album. Background to the 2007-9 financial crisis Three members of the DU301 course team join William Brown (senior course lecturer) to discuss the recent financial crisis of 2007/09. Collective action and financial crisis Hedley stone of the DU301 course team shares his thoughts...
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Audio 32 mins
Learning from human remains: Seianti's skeleton
History & The Arts

Learning from human remains: Seianti's skeleton

...world... Learning from human remains: Seianti’s skeleton An audio introduction to this album. The sarcophagus An introduction to the most complete Etruscan skeleton in existence. Who was Seianti? Seianti’s clothing and jewellery give us many clues about her identity. Seianti’s skeleton A pathology expert builds up a fascinating picture of Seianti’s health,...
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Audio 33 mins
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...world. Looking at prosthetics is one way of exploring innovation in a health context, from its primitive beginnings with the fixed-position foot to the present day’s highly sophisticated contemporary designs like the computerised leg (Norton, 2007). Prosthetics aren’t just about physical functioning. They can provide a way for people to participate in activities that...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...worlds. As you work through the course, you will see that social science enactment of participation is closely related to social science descriptions of, for example, voting or other citizenly practices, and related also to social science understandings of, for example, just how to define and evaluate poverty...This free course, Social science and participation, looks at...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...world and in history, this construction has real consequences. From enslavement and colonisation to resistance and revolution, the stories of people of colour are often left untold in accounts of the past. This free course, Historical perspectives on race, will introduce you to ideas and scholarship dealing with the construction of race, and help you to start exploring...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?

...World. It is a highly complex and developed economy and yet the Office for National Statistics estimates that around 6.5% of the population of the UK were in ‘persistent poverty’ in 2014. This amounted to 3.9 million people, the 12th highest figure in the EU. In 2016, over 93,000 households were assessed as homeless in England, Scotland and Wales. The number of people...
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Article 5 mins
Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...world online [The World Online map as described in the text] Wherever you are in the world, though, if you have a computer, a tablet at work or at home, a smartphone or a smart TV, then the chances are that you're on the internet a lot. You'll be communicating with friends, family and colleagues using email and/or social media. You might be using the internet to undertake...
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Article 10 mins
African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation
History & The Arts

African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation

...world (Mauss, 1902–1903/2001). This ‘eternal’ debate has led only recently to a positive evaluation of the term fetish and of the relationship between people and material things. As argued by Matory, African objects come to be called fetishes precisely because Africans, Europeans, and their descendent have looked at them and intensely disagreed about the value and...
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Article 10 mins