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Methods in Motion: The social psychology of citizenship
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: The social psychology of citizenship

...everyday life. As opposed to a focus on the macro-structures of state citizenship regimes, social psychology is interested in the perspectives of lay political actors, that is, citizens themselves. This becomes particularly important in a context where the ‘ordinary citizen’ has been depoliticised and where politicians claim to speak the language of common-sense,...
Left behind?
Society, Politics & Law

Left behind?

...everyday items that are designed for right-handers. The list is endless. If you are a wine lover, for example, best to buy screw-top bottles because corkscrews are made for right-handers. Guitars are made for right -handers (though Hendrix and McCartney got over it), and can openers. So how come left-handed people appear to be more prone to alcholism? The word 'left' in...
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Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?
Languages

Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?

...English first name and an Italian surname may sound like a character from The Godfather. People are not worried by that – and quite rightly so. Reaching out to foreign cultures, however goofily, is an act of curiosity and interest towards others. [The Ambassador to Italy Christopher Prentice at an event themed around the launch of SPECTRE] So, Mr Bond, you expect me to...
Hinglish, Pinglish, Binglish, Minglish
Education & Development

Hinglish, Pinglish, Binglish, Minglish

...English teacher, in India and everywhere else I am sure... The English language was a tool of government under the British Empire. Facility in the language was a ladder to material success. Good English is still perceived as an economic advantage what with BPOs (Business Process Outsourcing, i.e. call centres) snapping up English speakers. What is more, the right kind of...
Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Languages

Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?

...English (SE) is a variety of English that is generally used in public and official communication, such as newspapers, government publications and instructional education. SE is used in the area of England (the southeast) within which the power of Britain was focused (the capital of England, London, is in the southeast) at the time of language being codified through print...
The author at home
History & The Arts

The author at home

...everyday domestic life. I think we go to writers’ houses to imagine the writer before he or she wrote the book which brought us there. We try to turn our reading into a personal, physical encounter with the author’s body. So the writer’s house museum generally tries to make it possible for us to feel as though the writer is still ‘at home’. Some of the ways of...
The insecurity of security
Society, Politics & Law

The insecurity of security

...everyday life. Do these increasing attempts at security help or is it a vicious circle which increases our feelings of insecurity?... The insecurity of security Security measures, such as gated communities and CCTV, can remove people's rights and have a long-term physical impact on everyday life. Do these increasing attempts at security help or is it a vicious circle...
Methods in Motion: With the mothers of Munich & Birmingham
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: With the mothers of Munich & Birmingham

...everyday life in Calais’ ‘Jungle’ camp, the workshop opened up a space for collective reflections on the uses and meanings of creative approaches in migration research. I turned to creative methods in my current research project Immigrant Mothers as Agents of Change to interrogate the multiple and shifting meanings of migration and the urban in migrants’ everyday...