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Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets

...communities, the Gates Foundation wants to build things that negate the need for public sanitation systems as we know them. The Nano Membrane Toilet is also subject to the “appropriate technology” critique. Appropriate technology is an approach developed in the 70s that asked technologists, engineers, and, designers to consider the larger context of their creations:...
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What do safe drinking guidelines mean?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do safe drinking guidelines mean?

...communications should clearly separate these two processes. Explaining a 1% lifetime risk I got a surprising amount of coverage due entirely to submitting a quote to the Science Media Centre. “These guidelines define ‘low-risk’ drinking as giving you less than a 1% chance of dying from an alcohol-related condition. So should we feel OK about risks of this level? An...
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Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood
Society, Politics & Law

Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood

...community or removed from the UK. And although the government changed the name of “immigration detention centres” to “removal centres” in 2002 – suggesting detainees have imminent departures – the 222 befriended women in 2016-17 were detained for an average of 95 days. Contrary to its revised name, in 2016, 79% of the people held in Yarl’s Wood were...
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Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?

...community struggles, echoing the 1915 Glasgow rent strikes and other rent strikes in the 1920s in towns in other areas of Scotland . Since the late 1980s and 1990s, though this continues to inform political debate and activism in the city today, there has been a concerted effort on the part of many activists and commentators in Glasgow to celebrate the events of the Red...
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Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific

...community water tank projects, seawall construction (UNDP, 2020) and new housing built on stilts (Mason, n.d.). However, given the uncertain future some Tuvalu residents have relocated to other countries and others are planning similar moves. People with children are especially concerned that there will be no future on the islands. "I'm worried about the islands," said...
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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
History & The Arts

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand

...communicated to the driver in the first car, who turned into the street as previously arranged. In the hastily conducted reverse manoeuvre, the Archduke’s car came to a halt right in front of Gavrilo Princip who had positioned himself, by chance, at the exact same spot. A few metres away from his target he managed to shoot the Archduke in the neck and his wife in the...
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Two kings, two very different coronations
History & The Arts

Two kings, two very different coronations

...communicate their own intentions for shaping the institution of monarchy. For Charles III, ascending the throne after the 70-year reign of his mother, Elizabeth II, the coronation acts as a particularly significant declaration of a new chapter in the history of the British monarchy. While it seems that Charles III’s coronation will lean towards the minimalist, the 1821...
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Climate of fear: culture of hope
Languages

Climate of fear: culture of hope

...community. It’s worth pointing out that this matrix of symbols and ideas isn’t static. It’s not fixed and immovable. In fact, we’re always in process of remoulding it. We’re always disputing the meaning of words, promoting or demonizing certain terms, and finding new ways to represent the world. Which is where literature and all the other creative arts come in....
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