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Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology
History & The Arts

Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology

...T. (1973) ‘Introduction’ in Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter, Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press. Barofsky, R. (2020) ‘Rethinking Ethnography: A Study in Public Anthropology’, Anthropology Today, 36(5): pp. 1-2. Harvey, G. (2020) ‘Trans-Indigenous Festivals: Democracy and Emplacement’ in Pike, S.M., Salomonsen, J. and Tremlett, P.-F. (eds) Ritual...
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CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne)
History & The Arts

CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne)

...Le Corbusier, one of the movement's founders, often liked to compare the standardised efficiency of the motor industry with the inefficiency of the building trade.) CIAM's early attitudes towards town-planning were stark: "Urbanisation cannot be conditioned by the claims of a pre-existent aestheticism; its essence is of a functional order… the chaotic division of land,...
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Who is Donald Trump?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Donald Trump?

...T. Rex: “Trump surrounds himself with glitz. Trump and the glam rockers share an obsession with fame and a ruthless drive to conquer and devour the world’s attention.” Rebooted for Netflix But if Trump has a rock star persona, others said his pitch to the electorate was straight out of a TV show. As James Poniewozik of the New York Times wrote: His tale has remained...
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Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago
Nature & Environment

Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago

...T car, internal combustion-powered buses were starting to be mass-produced, and costs dropped. Oil consumption grew dramatically. Perhaps the air in our cities – and our health – would be a lot better today but for those fraudsters of more than 100 years ago. “If battery power worked for buses then other vehicles might have followed suit”, says Hamer. “In the...
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...T., Bullen, P., Peiris-John R., Rossen, F. V. and Utter, J. (2014) 'The Association Between Supportive High School Environments and Depressive Symptoms and Suicidality Among Sexual Minority Students',Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 45(3) pp. 248-261. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2014.958842 (Accessed: 21 December 2020). Lucassen M. F. G., Stasiak,...
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Is being a student good for your mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is being a student good for your mental health?

...Woods, P. and Bentall, R.P., (2018). ‘Academic and non-academic predictors of student psychological distress: the role of social identity and loneliness’. Journal of Mental Health, 27:3, 230-239. Richardson, T., Elliott, P. and Roberts, R., (2017) ‘Relationship between loneliness and mental health in students’. Journal of Public Mental Health, 16(2), pp.48-54....
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Ordinary dying and the Queen: Reflections on a case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ordinary dying and the Queen: Reflections on a case study

...Twitter. 11 Sep 2022. https://twitter.com/drkathrynmannix/status/1569067840409419783?s=46&t=21MxLLkrhkDHjspz7aRO6g Mannix, K. (2020) Re-claiming the public understanding of dying. CSI Seminar Series by Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, 30 September 2020, https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/reclaiming-the-public-understanding-of-dying Morgan, M. (2022) An ordinary death. BMJ, 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o2242......
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Dogs under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

Dogs under the microscope

...T letters. FACT: Dogs’ best friend (humans) have 46 chromosomes and their famous enemy (cats) have 38. Despite the difference in numbers, dogs, cats and humans have pretty much the same overall amount of DNA in each cell. Organisms with the largest number of chromosomes: ferns often have over 100 chromosomes, with some having over 1000. Organisms with the smallest...
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