Celtic instruments come to life in this lecture. Take a music lesson and learn about the carnyx, a war trumpet; the bodhrán, a hand drum; and the crwth, a lyre played with a bow. Treat your ears to samples of these and beautiful Irish singing, then watch clips of delightful Celtic dances based on classic traditions.
Chapter 3: Primary orality and oral mnemonic technologies
The science is clear: Face masks can prevent coronavirus transmission and save lives.
After being bought by the show's creator, the iconic Victorian home in San Francisco is back on the market for $7 million—sans the "Full House" interiors.
Aaron Parecki (Aaron Parecki)Trying to understand OAuth often feels like being trapped inside a maze of specs, trying to find your way out, before you can finally do what you actually set out to do: build your application. https://aaronparecki.com/2019/12/12/21/oauth-maze.png While this can be incredibly frustrating, it’s no ...
Ben Werdmüller (Ben Werdmüller)I almost titled this blog post "dick-swinging isn't leadership".
Toxic masculinity is highly prevalent in business culture. If we accept that one of the primary roles of a manager is to create the conditions for your team to do your best work, it's something that we need to watch out for and put a s...
The long read: As social media has become more inhospitable, the appeal of private online groups has grown. But they hold their own dangers – to those both inside and out.
Researchers combed Vatican archives to find records of how ancient church policies restricting whom one could marry shaped Western values and family structures today.
Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic (WEIRD) countries ❧
I love this acronym!
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That restructuring of societies in Western Europe in turn also benefited the church, notes Henrich. “In some sense, the church is killing off clans, and they’re often getting the lands in wealth,” he says. “So this is enriching the church. Meanwhile, Europeans are broken down into monogamous, nuclear families and they can’t re-create the complex kinship structures that we [still] see elsewhere in the world.” ❧
If true, this is an astounding finding.
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Lecture 19: Politics and Literature in Wales
Unveil the turbulent story of English conquest in Wales with this insightful glimpse into Welsh history that includes the unfortunate influence of misplaced loyalty to family that cost the Welsh their sovereignty forever. Then, look at Welsh literature, particularly the wonderful but enigmatic myths of the Mabinogi and the witty poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym.
I appreciates that she shares a few of her favorite pieces of literature from the time to give a flavor of the culture. Some denser history here which could be an entire course in and of itself.
Chapter 2: Knowledge and Power in oral cultures
Oral traditions in the literature Public vs. restricted knowledge, knowledge trade, and formal teaching. We have generally done a poor job of untangling the vast knowledge indigenous people have.
Recently, I saw a thesis adviser mark points off a history student's thesis for including a 19th c 2ndary source in bihy. So while one needs to be careful w/ 19th c. histories, here's a brief thread w/ 2 reasons y I also love them.…
This post is a collaboration between myself, and a guest author who wishes to stay anonymous. They are a researcher and PhD candidate in neuroscience, based in Europe, and in the post they are referred to as Alice. When people talk about failures, often rejections are the first things that come to mind. But what ... Read more 9 ways to fail a project in grad school and beyond
HARKing
It refers to the questionable research practice of hypothesizing after the results are known.
see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HARKing ❧
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There's 1 key line in 'Breaking Bad' that led to future Jimmy McGill working as a Cinnabon manager in Omaha.
"Is anyone else concerned?"
Chapter 1: Primary orality in the archaeological context
