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Language Revitalization: Bringing Endangered Languages Back into Use.

Language Revitalization: Bringing Endangered Languages Back into Use - A Crash Course (with Jokes!) (Welcome, Linguaphiles and Language Lifeguards! 🌊) Good morning, afternoon, or evening, depending on where in the…

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Cultural Studies

Intellectual Property and the Ownership of Cultural Forms.

Lecture: Intellectual Property and the Ownership of Cultural Forms - Hold My Beer (and My Beat)! 🍻 (Slide 1: Title Slide with a picture of someone trying to copyright the…

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Linguistics

Language Documentation and Preservation: Efforts to Record and Revitalize Endangered Languages.

Language Documentation and Preservation: Efforts to Record and Revitalize Endangered Languages - A Lecture (with bells and whistles!) 🔔 (Welcome! Grab a seat, some virtual popcorn 🍿, and prepare to…

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Cultural Studies

Cultural Labor: Understanding the Working Conditions and Experiences of People in Cultural Industries.

Cultural Labor: Understanding the Working Conditions and Experiences of People in Cultural Industries (Lecture starts with dramatic spotlight and the sound of a struggling artist playing a slightly-out-of-tune violin) Good…

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Cultural Studies

The Creative Industries: Examining the Production and Circulation of Cultural Goods and Services.

The Creative Industries: Examining the Production and Circulation of Cultural Goods and Services (A Wild & Wacky Lecture!) (Cue dramatic intro music and flashing lights. Think a slightly less intense…

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Linguistics

Endangered Languages: Languages at Risk of Disappearing.

Endangered Languages: Languages at Risk of Disappearing - A Linguistic SOS! 🚨 (Welcome, Language Lovers, to Endangered Languages 101! Buckle up, buttercups, because we’re about to dive headfirst into the…

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Cultural Studies

Cultural Diplomacy: Using Cultural Exchange to Foster International Relations.

Cultural Diplomacy: Using Cultural Exchange to Foster International Relations - A Lecture 🎭🌍🤝 (Welcome, everyone! Please silence your phones, grab a metaphorical coffee, and prepare to have your minds blown...…

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Linguistics

How Prosody Conveys Meaning and Emotion.

Lecture: How Prosody Conveys Meaning and Emotion - The Sound of Feeling (Imagine a slightly eccentric professor, Dr. Prosodia Phonic, pacing enthusiastically in front of a class. She's wearing brightly…

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Cultural Studies

Translation and Cultural Exchange: The Challenges of Translating Meaning Across Cultures.

Translation and Cultural Exchange: The Challenges of Translating Meaning Across Cultures (A Lecture) (Introductory Slide: A globe with speech bubbles popping out of it, some forming question marks, others exclamation…

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Linguistics

Prosody: Intonation, Stress, and Rhythm in Spoken Language.

Prosody: Intonation, Stress, and Rhythm in Spoken Language (A Hilarious & Helpful Lecture!) Welcome, language lovers, to Prosody 101! Today, we're diving headfirst into the fascinating world of how we…

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