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Expert opinions cover trust within cultures colour the Anthropocene and more
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/expert-opinions-cover-brexit-zimbabwe-trust-within-cultures-and-more
Professor Jo Brewis from our School of Business has explored the ways in which the gig economy is providing an insidious new means for women to be exposed to sexual harassment.
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Digital Caricatures of the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune (1870-71)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/12/13/digital-caricatures-of-the-franco-prussian-war-and-the-paris-commune-1870-71/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2024 Recently made available by the Cambridge digital library at Cambridge University Library https://www.lib.cam.ac.
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Refugees Deeply
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/refugees-deeply/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 Independent digital media journalism site which aims to cover the refugee crisis indepth. Other independent journalism sites on this topic which are worth checking.
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Racism in British Universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/racism-in-british-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The UCU union has just released a survey of its BME members in which shockingly 90% of those who answered reported that they had faced barriers to promotion and over 70%...
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Prison Reform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/prison-reform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 This week the RSA published an interesting scoping paper on the future prison . Browse their website to see other examples discussing the role and future reform of prisons.
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Documenting Hate News Index launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/29/documenting-hate-news-index-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2017 Propublica in association with Google News Lab and a data visualization studio called Pitch Interactive has launched a site about hate crimes and bias incidents in the USA.
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Relaunched (with expanded content): Associated Press Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/28/relaunched-with-expanded-content-associated-press-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2012 http://www.aparchive.com/ AP Archive is the film and video archive of the Associated Press The collection includes over 1.
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Syrian Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/syrian-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 This website hopes to document and preserve evidence of human rights abuses in Syria.
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Kleptocracy Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/kleptocracy-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 What is a kleptocracy? Kleptocracy is a system in which well-connected elite is able to use patronage or corruption to exploit the national resources for individual gain.
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Inclusive books for primary school children
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/inclusive-books-for-primary-school-children/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 Inclusive Books for children A website that offers recommendations by age category and theme for books that are inclusive and reflect the modern world.