Language learning, gender studies and contemporary culture with Ciara Gorman

PhD researcher Ciara Gorman joins Bryony Armstrong to discuss:

• Where the humanities can take you
• The study of languages and how people communicate
• The importance of languages in political, personal and medical settings
• The skills we learn in the humanities classroom
• Why the world fears gender studies
• Paying attention to contemporary culture

Content warning: this episode contains some discussion about violence against women and mental illness.
Credit note: the linguist referenced is Paula Teixeira Moláns who can be found here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/pgrs/paulateixeiramol%C3%A1ns/. As a clarification, in her talk she was discussing Galician, and said that: 'English has a limited vocabulary and relies on a spatial metaphor such as high and low pitch whilst other languages have other strategies. For instance Galician uses son agudo and grave (as in ‘acute’ or ‘pointy’, and ‘heavy’ or ‘serious’ respectively)'.
Artwork: Riduwan Molla https://www.canva.com/p/riduwanmolla/
Music: Madaan Mansij https://www.pond5.com/artist/mansij_tubescreamer
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