This free course brings national census data to life by highlighting the vibrant stories of the diverse residents of Milton Keynes. This ‘new town’ with an increasingly mixed population, serves as a rich case study for understanding demographic changes in ethnicity and religion across the UK. The approach can be applied in any local context. It encourages reflection upon personal lived experience and its relationship to the complexities of identity, ethnicity and religion, as observed in the census statistics over time.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 What can the census tell us about religion?
- 1 What can the census tell us about religion?
- 2 Census data discussion
- 2 Census data discussion
- 3 A closer look at Milton Keynes and its religious diversity
- 3 A closer look at Milton Keynes and its religious diversity
- 4 Survey activity
- 4 Survey activity
- 5 Who am I?
- 5 Who am I?
- 6 What do I do?
- 6 What do I do?
- 7 Where do I belong?
- 7 Where do I belong?
- Conclusion
- Further stories
- References
- Acknowledgements
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Reviews
4.5 rating, based on 2 Class Central reviews
5 rating at OpenLearn based on 3 ratings
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Very interesting, nicely put together. Quite basic.
Just one observation - I don't think doing yoga can be considered anything to do with religion. Most people in the west do yoga purely for the physical exercise and have no interest in its spiritual side. -
Trần Thị ChuyềnAfter the course, I had extremely useful knowledge about religion and population in the world. I am a person with religious beliefs but does not follow any religion, so I really want to learn about them and feel extremely interested in that. Moreover, the documents, videos in the lecture are extremely easy to understand, not much knowledge I have never heard of and I admire and admire. And so, I assert that this is worthy of a more popular course.
