communities

Courses tagged with "communities"

For many hunters, the chase is about connections - to the history, to the landscape, to the community. Alison Acton has been finding out why.
Category: Sociology
Would John Ruskin see YouTube as a modern version of a cathedral gargoyle? Laurie Taylor and guests discuss craft and community.
Category: Sociology
Explore the history of the New York neighbourhood of Harlem to understand why investment can cause as many problems as lack of investment and how this has considerable impacts on the African-American community.
Category: Sociology
Journalist Sunder Katwala wonders who decides what multiculturalism looks like.
Category: Sociology
Britain is often described as multicultural - both with admiration and disgust - but Henry Bonsu remains to be convinced.
Category: Sociology
Castaway Ben Fogle, who lived on the remote Scottish island of Taransay along with 36 others for one year, describes what it's like living in socially extreme circumstances
Category: Sociology
George Ellison is a Director of the Social Studies Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London. His research interests include inequalities of health in the high and low income countries. Ever Wondered sent him out to find out just how important it is for healthy community
Category: Sociology
Do you feel safe in your own home? Security measures, such as gated communities and CCTV, can remove people's rights and have a long-term physical impact on everyday life. Do these increasing attempts at security help or is it a vicious circle which increases our feelings of insecurity?
Category: Politics
Fifteen years since the 7/7 bombings, we look back at unity in London after the terror attacks...
Category: Geography
Simon Calder, Travel Editor of the Independent explains his love of cities, whilst Susy Smith, Editor of Country Living opts for the country
Category: Geography
Do good, get fit.
Supporting community-led design.
Bringing people together to build a future beyond oil.
Starting a discussion about public space in the Crown Heights Community.
Local communities have the capacity to identify their own "best practices" and share them with others.
An ongoing series of competitions aimed at transforming urban spaces through creative thought, one street at time.
Creating places and building stronger communities in Chicago.
The period of the 1950s to 1980s was the beginning of modernisation in community life and farming and the development of manufacturing industry in the West of Ireland.
The Digital Nation programme Modem Monks followed a community of Cistercian monks who set up a website and webshop to sell their monastic produce, in order to improve their less-than-healthy financial situation