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ADÉLA and the Machine
in MediaAdéla Jergová is a singer-songwriter and dancer from Slovakia. She broke out during the survival show Dream Academy, a show built to construct an international pop girl-group using a combination of American and Korean label expertise. This show went on to produce the group Katseye, known for songs such as Touch, Gnarly, and Daniela. Adéla
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Todo sobre mi madre: a “radical sex change”
Introduction According to Marsha Kinder, Pedro Almodóvar was able “to perform a radical sex change on Spain’s national stereotypes”. This essay discusses how Todo sobre mi madre portrays changing identities in a post-Franco Spain and argues that it humanises minoritised and oppressed groups. To begin, it is important to lay out historical context regarding Spanish
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Language of the Week #8: Tamazight
in Languageⴰⵏⵙⵓⴼ ⵢⴰⵏⴽⵏ (Welcome) to this next article in the Language of the Week series. Today, we’ll be discussing Tamazight, ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ, a language family spoken throughout North Africa. It is hard to discuss the Tamazight languages independently, so I’ve decided to cover them all together. However, it is important to note that the multiple Tamazight languages
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Language of the Week #7: Nuosu
in LanguageOnwards now, we move to China’s spice capital of Sichuan, to discuss one of its ethnic minorities, the Nuosu, or Yi, and their prestige language. For clarity’s sake, this article will use Nuosu to refer to the language, and Yi for the people and broader language grouping. (AN: I apologise for the delay in this
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Language of the Week #6: Crimean Tatar
in LanguageWelcome back to Language of the Week. I do apologise for the break, I was recovering from a flare-up. This “season”, as it were, will discuss minority languages, especially those pressed between multiple cultural forces. So, evidently, we find ourselves turning to Crimean Tatar, a language spoken by an ethnic group of the same name
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Language of the Week #5: Tok Pisin
in LanguageOnto the final language of this trip around the world, we head to Papua New Guinea (PNG) to cover one of its many languages. Tok Pisin connects people across cultures in the most linguistically diverse country on Earth.
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Multiculturalism and multilingualism in multi-national corporations
in LanguageMultilingualism and cultural diversity can be powerful tools for a multinational corporation (MNC) to connect to diverse cultures and effectively build connections with clients. However, if not properly managed and understood, these cultural differences within a company can cause miscommunication and confusion.
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Galician and Welsh – twin languages, twin stories
in LanguageGalician and Welsh share mirror histories. Each teeters on the edge of a historical global superpower, attempting to assert its cultural identity in the face of hundreds of millions of native speakers of the dominant language.
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Language of the Week 4: Guaraní
in LanguageNext up, we cross the Atlantic into Paraguay, home to Guaraní, the only nationally institutionally recognised Native American language. Many of its speakers are still monolingual, especially in rural areas, and the language has seen a relatively balanced co-existence with Spanish compared to many of its neighbours. The basics Guaraní (Avañe’ẽ) is part of the
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Your digital footprint and you
in ComputingI’ve noticed an extremely concerning trend over the last few years of people just giving away their personal information online. You’d imagine this is mostly an issue with kids, and while it is, you find adults who treat Threads, Twitter, and Facebook like a private chatroom just for them and their friends, all while broadcasting
