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We Wear Culture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/13/we-wear-culture/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2017 Great New Project from Google Arts and Culture Offers which offers free access to 30,000 Digitized Images and VR Films of Fashion Pieces From 180 famous Archives, Museums and Others.
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Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/commitment-to-reducing-inequality-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 New From Oxfam and Development Finance Index, a measure of how committed governments actually are to reducing inequality.
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Exhibition: Women, Politics, Textiles
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/14/exhibition-women-politics-textiles/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2022 What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles is a 2022 exhibition being held physically in New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, it also has an accompanying...
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Human Rights Impact Assessment Framework
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/16/human-rights-impact-assessment-framework/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2023 Human Rights Impact Assessment Framework , launched recently by Oxfam, is a new toolkit which aims to allow assessments of how good companies’ Human Rights Impact Assessments are.
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Politics twitter feeds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/28/politics-twitter-feeds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 28, 2011 Politicker USA http://www.politickerusa.com/ Good directory of twitter feeds from politicians, parties and USA presidential candidates. Follow them all in one place.
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Syria’s internet blackout
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/syrias-internet-blackout/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications.
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Bloomberg: Nike bonds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/29/bloomberg-nike-bonds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2013 Nike Inc., the world’s largest sporting-goods company, has raised $1 billion with its first new debt sale in a decade. The company is offering 10- and 30-year securities.
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Who runs Britain?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/09/01/who-runs-britain/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 1, 2014 Who runs Britain 2014 T he second annual report from Counting Women which examines women’s participation in public life in the UK.
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The Russian Blogosphere
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2010/10/25/the-russian-blogosphere/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2010 Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization http://cyber.law.harvard.
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Meta-Activism Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/05/meta-activism-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2011 http://www.meta-activism.org/ The Meta-Activism Project (MAP) is a non-traditional think tank that uses digital networks to better understand their effects on social power.