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The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication
Society, Politics & Law

The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication

...concept of community? What aspects of community does it accelerate? Gil Mualem-Doron: The idea for the flag relates to two previous pieces of work. One was named, Homeland, and it was a street intervention during a cultural takeover of my street in Jaffa, Israel. The other one was an installation at a gallery. In the latter, I cut out the phrase ‘Homeland’ from a door...
Queen (and Slave) Of The Sciences
Science, Maths & Technology

Queen (and Slave) Of The Sciences

...all people are the same height. Can you see what is wrong with this proof? Is the concept of induction at fault? Or, could I have used it incorrectly somewhere? I hope you can see that mathematics takes your mind to new places. It stretches and teases your brain. You can use it to play or to prove deep and powerful facts about the world. It truly is the Queen of Science....
Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds
Society, Politics & Law

Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds

...biological materials from rainforests in their search for new compounds for use in medicines, amongst many other engaging topics. And the DU311 module explores both the Fertile Crescent and the concept of biodiversity in much more detail and also looks at future challenges around food and agriculture. I hope you’ve learnt something new today and thanks for watching....
The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...concepts of caring for and about other animals (in the form of a much-loved toy/character), at the very moment of consuming them. As we pursued this line of research, we were quickly overwhelmed by myriad examples of this paradox in Western children’s culture (Cole & Stewart, 2014). From food packaging to animal-themed clothing designs, toys, digital and online gaming,...
Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...concept of intersectionality adds another critical dimension, as gender discrimination often intersects with race, ethnicity, class and other social factors (Roos and Gatta, 2009; Johnson, 2018; LERU, 2019). Discrimination operates at multiple levels (Ovseiko, et al., 2016; Easterly and Ricard, 2020): Individual: everyday biases and microaggressions affecting women’s...
Stefan Szymanski on the business of football
Money & Business

Stefan Szymanski on the business of football

...concept of win maximisation in 1996.) This may just be a reflection of the competitive nature of the European system, but it also reflects a different attitude to the purpose of clubs. Some clubs (notably Barcelona and Real Madrid in Spain and most of the clubs in the Bundesliga) are not businesses in the normal sense but membership associations which elect the management...
The Labour Party purges
Society, Politics & Law

The Labour Party purges

...de-legitimised his victory was music to the ears of the Labour Right. And some knew, deep down, that if enough of a storm was created about infiltration, this would provide cover for the party apparatus to deny more leftwing activists a vote, and that this could, just about, influence a close result. [Peter Mandelson] Will the former Communist Peter Mandelson find himself...
The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate
Society, Politics & Law

The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate

...de-emphasizing his Cuban roots. With bombastic “outsider” candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson currently leading the Republican field, it will be interesting to see if Rubio’s youth and migration story allow him to distance himself from Washington or if the contradictions inherent in his message, his story, and immigrants’ relationship to Republican primary...