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The nature of history
Education & Development

The nature of history

...social sciences and the various forms of science. There are, I would agree, some pitfalls. Nostalgia can sometimes stop us looking at the present and prevent us thinking about the future. (Nostalgia, suggests the graffiti, is not what it used to be.) History can become a tool of propaganda; the first thing that most dictators do when coming to power is to reach for the...
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Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women
Society, Politics & Law

Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women

...working class districts who took part in the grassroots conversations, live in areas where too many children remain in poverty; too many women are not safe in their own homes and where the strains and stresses of inadequate housing, poor education and inaccessible health care are faced by under-resourced women’s groups. These experiences are shared by women in loyalist...
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Why books are a lifeline for prisoners
Society, Politics & Law

Why books are a lifeline for prisoners

...working on their own stories. One read a poem he had written about his family, accompanied by another inmate, finger-picking on a guitar. It was an eye-opener. In my experience, well-meaning projects for prisons can sometimes have a whiff of do-goodery about them, but the book share was clearly having obvious and immediate effects. For a start, it was strengthening...
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Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse
Society, Politics & Law

Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse

...working- and lower middle-class Victorians. Given the limited time available for leisure, the importance of the Sunday newspaper as a form of entertainment becomes clear. Violent Victorians today Some of this may be familiar to you. Discrete pieces – such as execution broadsides, or penny bloods – are occasionally brought out to titillate 21st century audiences, to...
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Derry Air: the new local history
Society, Politics & Law

Derry Air: the new local history

...social science circles. It has been made particularly popular by the concept and practice of so-called ‘reflexive anthropology’: taking seriously, and reporting on the researcher’s own experience (‘experience’ being another valid concept today), a logical extension of the long-established anthropological ‘participant observation’. So taking serious account...
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St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon

...work in an advertisement for Rumford baking powder, where Lucia is depicted with a plate of buns and coffee, alongside a recipe for lussekatter. The advertisement claims that she brings ‘a foretaste of the delights of Christmas baking’, both highlighting Lucia’s role in holiday traditions and appealing to the ideals of homemaking during the festive season....
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The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times
Society, Politics & Law

The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times

...the local wheat around Northampton. These days, it seems that you can have ‘localness', without actually being local. John Allen is a Professor of Economic Geography. He wrote on the courses Introducing the Social Sciences (DD102), and Living in a Globalised World (DD205). He is currently working on DD213, Environment & Society. Explore globalisation and cereals...
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Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players

...works as an advocate for others with the same condition. Comments on twitter questioned her womanhood, saying they were ‘not convinced’ that she is ‘female’ and that she’s ‘the manliest woman I have ever seen’. [Heather Fisher of Great Britain makes a break past Stacey Flood of Ireland] Heather Fisher of Great Britain makes a break past Stacey Flood of...
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