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Explore the range of migrant experiences: Play Uneven Journeys
Society, Politics & Law

Explore the range of migrant experiences: Play Uneven Journeys

...working together, and were interested in continuing to highlight salient, and often controversial issues around citizenship and migration using the medium of participatory, experiential art and technology. They both thought that the medium offered audiences a different level of engagement – one that enabled them to explore difficult social and political issues in less...
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Drugs and the law: Legal highs
Society, Politics & Law

Drugs and the law: Legal highs

...work? US President Nixon declared a war on drugs in 1971 but it is clear that the war has not yet been won, if it ever can be. The value of the global trade in illegal drugs has been estimated as being nearly £200 billion annually, with the largest market for the consumption being North America and Western Europe. So will the prohibition of synthetic drugs such as Spice...
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Learning How To Learn: Words from the Wise
Education & Development

Learning How To Learn: Words from the Wise

...works is The Golden Notebook, first published in 1962. [Portrait image of the British writer, Doris Lessing, black and white] British writer, Doris Lessing “That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.” There was, and still is among some people, a common misconception that learners are like blank slates...
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What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?

...work effectively in cities, there is growing concern that the urban fabric may need to become a little like factories. [A driverless shuttle bus on the street.]Show descriptionFigure 2: Autonomous shuttle test. Although a driver had to be present during the demonstration for purposes of safety, this was a hands-free role as AI was in control of the shuttle. Also, if AI is...
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Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia
History & The Arts

Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia

...working at Advance Diversity Services on a research project about the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and accessibility for people from different ethnic backgrounds. I also volunteer with MuslimCare Australia where I run a “Muslim Deaf Group” to raise awareness and provide support for other people like myself. I recently collaborated with the Muslim Deaf...
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Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?
History & The Arts

Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?

...work towards a reflexive, decolonial anthropology and sociology of religion. Suggested Reading List Asad, T. (ed.) (1973) Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter, Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press. Clifford, J. and Marcus, G. (eds) (1986) Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography, Berkeley: University of California Press. Durkheim, E. (1915) The...
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A matter of life and death: inequalities in healthcare for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
Health, Sports & Psychology

A matter of life and death: inequalities in healthcare for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

...Working for Equality in Health, London, Routledge, pp. 179-96. MMBRACE (2021) ‘Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care’. Oxford: Perinatal Research Unit. ‘No One’s Listening’ (2021) ‘A report from an all-party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia’. Public Health England (2020) ‘Beyond the data: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME...
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How should Rwanda remember the genocide?
History & The Arts

How should Rwanda remember the genocide?

...works to bring Rwandans together. But not all acts of memory are necessarily guided by the intention of achieving peace and justice, unity and reconciliation. Some of this is because of individual differences in perspective and resilience. Simply put, some people cope better with the harms that they suffered for various reasons, among them faith, education and economic...
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