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How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?
Society, Politics & Law

How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?

...public spaces,” such as pedestrian-friendly streets and public markets, they can reshape cities to enhance social interaction. Finally, communities can increase volunteerism rates by rewarding people who volunteer their time and providing concrete benefits for their service. One way to do this is by developing community currencies — local scrip which is only accepted...
Tracing your family history
History & The Arts

Tracing your family history

...public consciousness, with thousands of people heading to the archives or going online to discover who their ancestors were, and what they did. Have you ever wondered about your roots? If so, you can start to build your family tree by following these basic steps. The first thing is to write down everything you know about yourself and your immediate family, concentrating...
Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction

...public, what citizens, what teachers and learners might do with digital broadcast archives. So it’s particularly important in relation to environmental issues, but actually it counts for any number of issues. This massive cultural treasure-house is sitting there behind a great big lead door and we’ve been trying to test some questions about what people might do if we...
Challenge: Make paper and ink
Science, Maths & Technology

Challenge: Make paper and ink

...Publications 1993; ISBN: 0944428134 General information about tropical plants and their uses: Tropical Forests and Their Crops by Nigel J.H. Smith, J.T. Williams, Donald L. Plucknett and Jennifer P. Talbot, pub Cornell University Press 1992; ISBN: 0801427711(Discusses general groupings of useful plants) Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide by Brian Capon, B.T....
Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats
Society, Politics & Law

Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats

...public sector housing blocks in Europe at the time. Within only a few years they came to be symbolic of the failures of that vision – and of the social engineering efforts of Glasgow’s city planners. The Red Road Flats soon became a by-word for urban decline, deprivation and hard-to-let unpopular council housing. In recent years it has been accorded a new symbolic...
Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...publications/tech-news/events/what-to-know-about-the-scientist-who-invented-the-term-software-engineering Accessed 28 May 2019 Ceruzzi, Paul (2016) The “Rope Mother” Margaret Hamilton. March 11, 2016, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Ref: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/rope-mother-margaret-hamilton Accessed 27 May 2019 Creighton, Jolene (2016)...
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...health cases stress is more prevalent in public sector occupations. The HSE reports that stress due to workload pressures included meeting tight deadlines, too much responsibility and a lack of support...Week 8: Understanding stress and conflict: 1.1 Causes of stress - The exact causes of stress are often difficult to pin down. Someone might think that work is the root of...
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Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...publication of Paul Gilroy’s aptly named book, 'There Ain't no Black in the Union Jack'. Writing, in September 2017, about flags, and the act of ‘flagging up’ or mapping out symbols that define our identities, home and belonging, I come to think, as Paul Gilroy did, that the assimilation of transnational diasporas and migrants is not a process of acculturation, but...