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What can emoji teach us about human civilization?
Languages

What can emoji teach us about human civilization?

...history and science. Emoji may be doing little for the recording and analysing of history or science. They’re not a tool for the complex expression of rational thought or argument, after all. But they are increasingly being adopted for a range of social and political purposes, from raising awareness about mental health issues[2] to helping people speak out about child...
Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press
History & The Arts

Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press

...History of Jamaica in 1774 (which many historians acknowledge contributed extensively to the development of racial hierarchies in British consciousness), believed that Creoles, the children of African slaves ‘civilised’ by being raised in the colonies, were more intelligent than their African parents. As proof of their ‘inherent stupidity’ Long noted that ‘they...
The Unsung Women Who Shaped the Blues
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The Unsung Women Who Shaped the Blues

...history when she recorded ‘That Thing Called Love’ and ‘You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down’ for the New York label, Okeh. These were the first commercial recordings by a Black blues singer and they were a major success, paving the way for future Black blues singers to record, and marking the beginning of the era now known as classic female blues. Smith’s biggest...
African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation
History & The Arts

African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation

...history in the new world. Probably for their own ignorance and their inherited Enlightenment view of Africans and African enslaved, that they did not see the Caribbean revolutions and revolutionary leaders as active progressive activists for the black liberation. They did not see that they were fighting against slavery and the capitalistic production chain of goods, such...
Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list

...history of yellow fever control measures. What we’re dealing with is a high consequence event here.” Read at Scientific American: Could Yellow Fever Become the Next Pandemic? It's not just Angola and DRC Christina Faust of Princeton contributes to BioMed Central's Bug Bitten blog with an observation that other areas are suffering, too: Currently, an additional seven...
My abortion experience: Daisy's story
Health, Sports & Psychology

My abortion experience: Daisy's story

...Family Planning Association – for information about sexual health and contraceptive, information about training for health professionals, resources for professionals and patients, find a clinic tool, information about sex and relationships Bish Training for training and resources to teach young people about sex and relationships Sex Education Forum for information on...
My abortion experience: Sienna's story
Health, Sports & Psychology

My abortion experience: Sienna's story

...Family Planning Association – for information about sexual health and contraceptive, information about training for health professionals, resources for professionals and patients, find a clinic tool, information about sex and relationships Bish Training for training and resources to teach young people about sex and relationships Sex Education Forum for information on...
My abortion experience: Lily's story
Health, Sports & Psychology

My abortion experience: Lily's story

...Family Planning Association – for information about sexual health and contraceptive, information about training for health professionals, resources for professionals and patients, find a clinic tool, information about sex and relationships Bish Training for training and resources to teach young people about sex and relationships Sex Education Forum for information on...