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Belfast - healthy city
Society, Politics & Law

Belfast - healthy city

...central to their planning and to give the diverse communities of Belfast a real say in their future. What were the challenges they faced? What solutions did they evolve? In this album Healthy Cities founder member Ilona Kickbusch and Belfast health promotion professionals Joan Devlin, David Stewart and Mary Black explore the history of this important health project. They...
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How do empires work?
History & The Arts

How do empires work?

...central Asian horsemen, the seriousness of China’s defeat at Zhenjiang becomes clear. Figure 1 Major Chinese rivers and the Grand Canal in the nineteenth century, imposed on an outline of modern-day China. The loss of control of these arteries for tax, trade, grains, reinforcements, and for the emperor to reach his inland cities, was thus one factor in bringing the Qing...
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Urbanism in Blade Runner
Science, Maths & Technology

Urbanism in Blade Runner

...central to the film’s plot, the metal and glass exteriors of the city, and the constant presence of smoke and pollution reaffirm the exaggerated industrial qualities of the film’s Los Angeles. Furthermore, the only animals in the film are fake, signaling a heightened dichotomy between the built and natural environments. Cultural synthesis on a whole new level The Los...
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El Niño and war drive aid agencies to the brink
Nature & Environment

El Niño and war drive aid agencies to the brink

...Central America in January, the situation is likely to deteriorate further. Oxfam says governments and donors could be acting now to help people cope with drought or flooding, for example by conserving soil and water, reducing livestock, and ensuring the early treatment of malnutrition. A recent study by the UK government’s department for international development...
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Rio 2016: Aisuluu Tynybekova - not quite a medalist; still a national hero
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Aisuluu Tynybekova - not quite a medalist; still a national hero

...Central Asian country's few realistic hopes of a medal. Going into her August 18 tie with Sakshi Malik, Kyrgyz were hoping Tynybekova could secure the country's second bronze, after weightlifter Izzat Artykov — later stripped of his medal for doping — had secured a podium finish the previous week. But there was only disappointment as Tynybekova ceded a 5-0 lead in a...
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Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...Central to the approach is a concern with the formation and nature of subjectivities that are set in motion by methods, as well as the social worlds that are created by applying such knowledge of the social. In other words, open methodologies imply that there is no pure, original or universal human, or social. Instead, the knowledges, practices, experiences and...
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London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi
Nature & Environment

London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi

...central London’s most polluted spots, close to the River Thames, with the laying of a wreath of black flowers, symbolising the pollution that penetrates into people’s lungs. But the initiative is not just about 1952, nor solely about the United Kingdom. It is a reminder that lethal air quality persists, 65 years on, in many parts of the world, causing an estimated 6.5...
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Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome

...central to public mourning in ancient Rome. Body-centred displays were a feature of funeral rites, and women in particular hit their breasts, pulled their hair and lamented loudly. Other aspects such as ripping clothing and lacerating flesh, that Virgil noted, were less often seen, but there was an overall sense that the bodies of mourners were dishevelled, bruised, noisy...
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