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Refugee use of mobile phones
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/refugee-use-of-mobile-phones/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 T he Open University has released a research report on how refugees use smartphones. It was led by Prof. Marie Gillespie and was carried out in partnership with France Medias Monde.
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The State of Broadband 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/05/the-state-of-broadband-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2015 Latest annual report from (ITU/ UNESCO) Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development shows that 57% of the world have no broadband access.
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Ministere de Colonies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/02/11/empires-exile-the-story-of-ly-lieu/ministere-de-colonies/
This is the file of Đinh Hữu Thật from the French colonial archives - the only extant penal dossier on a member of the Society to Encourage Learning.
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New course in the anthropology of social media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/18/new-course-in-the-anthropology-of-social-media/
Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2015 UCL have launched a free online course in the anthropology of social media. It will start on the 29 February and is open to anyone with an “interest in social media and people.
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Pride of Place
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/27/pride-of-place/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2016 A great project led by scholars at Leeds Beckett University with the support of English Heritage which is working to produce an interactive map relating to places in England which...
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Traces of South Asia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/12/05/traces-of-south-asia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2022 From the LSE Archives, this collection comprises documents about or created by people or organisations that have a relationship to the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,...
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Influence of Google algorithms on political news search results
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/29/influence-of-google-algorithms-on-political-news-search-results/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2017 A major German project is examining the influence of Google algorithms on political news search results.
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Business Multidimensional Poverty Index: Costa Rica
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/04/business-multidimensional-poverty-index-costa-rica/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2017 Costa Rica launched the Business Multidimensional Poverty Index developed by the Positive Horizon Association with the technical support of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development...
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Jewish Britain on Film
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/20/jewish-britain-on-film/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2017 A fabulous free archival film collection launched on the BFI player combines documentaries of Jewish life and culture with early film depictions of Jewish characters.
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State of the Nation (UK) 2023
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/state-of-the-nation-uk-2023/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 State of the Nation 2023: People and Places The latest annual social mobility index includes a written report and data explorer.