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Why did millions march against Trump?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did millions march against Trump?

...social movements, we know there are many possible answers to this seemingly simple question. As a team of sociologists we have developed a multi-method, multi-site research project, Mobilizing Millions: Engendering Protest Across the Globe. We want to understand why people participate in a march of this scale, at a critical historical juncture in our political landscape....
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Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...social state of the nation. The work was an immediate success, selling 7,500 copies and being reprinted five times within six months of its publication. It went through nine English editions by 1811 and 18 by 1830. It was published in the United States in 1798, and translated into French in 1821 and Spanish in 1827. In the opinion of Daniel Wilson, a prominent Evangelical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
On the inside of the rebellion against climate change
Nature & Environment

On the inside of the rebellion against climate change

...work of Extinction Rebellion (XR) ever since I co-signed the letter to the Guardian in October 2018 and listened to Rupert Read’s talk on climate change and civilizational collapse. Following a bout of kidney stones since then I made contact with a local XR group and joined the rebellion in London on Monday 15th, Friday 19th and Saturday 20th 2019. As a psychologist, XR...
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'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...social welfare, etc.), that focus on individual racism instead of seeking to understand the norms, behaviours, and other processes that perpetuate the status quo and are implicated in shaping the actions of individual actors within these organisations and institutions, limit the possibility of change and limit the possibility of addressing racial inequalities at large?...
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What is trauma?
Society, Politics & Law

What is trauma?

...social, emotional, or spiritual well-being' (SAMHSA). A chronic state of hyperarousal places a lot of stress on every system in the body. The Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey demonstrates a link between adverse experiences in childhood and adolescence and a person’s future health and relationship formation. Social inequalities shape the level of exposure that...
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Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
Nature & Environment

Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change

...work tirelessly to provide localities throughout the world with trees. These trees keep on giving. While protecting against climate change, they provide further societal benefits. They offer unique habitats to insects and animals that can increase biodiversity and are a potential source of local food production. Local trees can provide a huge range of ecosystem and public...
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Getting started with Spanish 3
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 3

...social arrangements. Activity 8 Select the answer for Question 1a here Listen to the dialogue between Pilar and Nacho, then select the correct answers to the questions. PILAR ¿Sí? NACHO Hola, ¿está Pilar? PILAR Sí, soy yo. NACHO Hola, soy Nacho. PILAR ¿Qué tal, Nacho? NACHO Muy bien. Oye, mira que, ¿te gustaría ir al cine esta tarde? PILAR Huy, sí, estupendo....
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Education & Development

Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology

...social fact’ in our work, but then disappears as a ‘social fiction’ from our personal lives. As is often the case, Stuart Hall put his finger on it when he reflected on how Marxism morphed into cultural studies in the Birmingham Centre for Cultural Studies in the 1980s: We had to develop a methodology that taught us to attend, not only to what people said about race...
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