3,146 search results

How did the election look from Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

How did the election look from Europe?

...working on the commitment to the Brexit process already made by May and looks forward to the swift resumption of concrete talks after the election. However, others have made no bones about their criticism of the snap election and May’s disastrous handling of the campaign. Germany’s Brok was particularly critical of May’s recent announcement that she would be...
Why is Donald Trump a challenge for translators?
Languages

Why is Donald Trump a challenge for translators?

...working for the Moscow Times, has explained that because Trump’s peculiar Twitter style sounds childish Russian translators often transpose it into a more adult register. Should translators be condemned for censoring Trump? Many would argue not. Translation scholar Peter Newmark explains that the translator has a duty to be faithful to the speaker or writer only in as...
Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job
Society, Politics & Law

Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job

...work. We know landscapes are evocative and affecting but how can this become more effectively acknowledged in the policy and practice of conservation, farming and tourism? This is where the research of cultural geographers looking at landscape, space and place can help to inform such considerations. The challenge that remains for the CNPA is to ensure that they are...
Methods in Motion: Challenging the Narrative
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Challenging the Narrative

...work is intrinsically linked to ongoing world events is both a privilege and a frustration. A privilege, because I am in the position to interpret and analyse the politics and international relations of my chosen area: Iran, and the Middle East more widely. A frustration, because the ongoing conflicts in the region are prone to sensationalised reporting and partisan media...
‘Irrational emotions’ and their cognitive impenetrability
History & The Arts

‘Irrational emotions’ and their cognitive impenetrability

...work concerning these emotions involves spelling out the precise nature of the conflict. Some argue that such emotions involve rational conflict, where subjects undergoing such emotions are endorsing two conflicting judgements, e.g. that flying is both safe and unsafe. By contrast, others argue that subjects are undergoing some other form of conflict, say endorsing a...
Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago
Nature & Environment

Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago

...worked for buses then other vehicles might have followed suit”, says Hamer. “In the grand scheme of things, the failure of an electric bus may seem trivial, but it led ultimately to the failure of electric delivery vehicles. The result was a resounding victory for the internal combustion engine, which in turn established acceptable levels of noise and pollution. We...
Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues
Society, Politics & Law

Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues

...working with a rare and precious resource. Our Earth in Vision project has allowed us to dive into an archive collection of a hundred environmental programmes from across fifty years of the BBC’s broadcasting about environmental issues. In this two part podcast I invite you to join me on my own journey through the archive, stopping off to discuss a few of the programmes...
The World Cup has already been won... by Karpatalja
Society, Politics & Law

The World Cup has already been won... by Karpatalja

...work examines how football has mobilised a shared regional narrative either side of the Canada–US border. Tamil Eelam V Cascadia - CONIFA World Cup #conifa #WFC2018 #conifaworldcup #documentaryphotography #cascadia #londonlife #editorialphotographer #londonphotography #tamileelam #reportage #reportagephotographer #football #sportsphotography #footballfans