Social Science sites of the week 27th March 2020


Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites for social scientists

Coronoirus news – Covid-19 news

Links to papers and reactions are being added on the blog focussing on UK government documents and social science aspects such as responses to government measures.

Importance of social science at this time a great editorial from the LSE Impact of the Social sciences blog.

Feminists viewpoints

LSE Women Peace and Security blog posting
Fawcett society and other women’s organisations call to make women visible at this time

See more on our Scoop.it page

Media Cloud is monitoring global media coverage of the pandemic and has some interesting facts and figures on its website . It uses Media Cloud’s National and State & Local collections in the US, Italy, Spain, Germany, the UK, and France to look at media coverage and Worldometers data on coronavirus cases covering Feb 15 onwards.

ACLED Covid disorder tracker


A really useful data source for international relations researchers from The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). The CDT aims to track and evaluate the following expected trends

State repression with the passing of new laws, demonstrations by citizens in reaction to new laws, mob violence, conflict.

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

We must not forget even at this time the victims of the slavery trade. Read the UN declaration and associated documents.
UCL Legacies of slave owning in Britain database
it shows how widespread the trade was not just large landowners.
At the core of the completed project is this online Encyclopaedia of British Slave-ownership containing information about every slave-owner in the British Caribbean, Mauritius or the Cape at the moment of abolition in 1833; lists of estates all the slave-owners, attorneys, mortgagees and legatees for the estates between 1763 and 1833. Entries for individuals include information about the activities, affiliations and legacies of these men and women,
The Trans-Atlantic and Intra-American slave trade databases is an international project which offers detailed background information on the trade and slave voyages. It has timelines and 3d maps.
For information on Britain and the abolition.
The UK Parliament site has some primary resource documents
The National Archives has educational resources it has a good lesson with original documents and links
as well as more detailed research guides and digitised documents
The British Library learning website also has some original anti-slavery materials from the 19th century
The Remembering slavery and mapping project archive is also worth exploring it took place in 2007 and includes activities and resources from museums in the North East. Anti-Slavery.org which hosts the site includes materials relating to modern day slavery.

Uncensored library- Reporters without Frontiers

A minecraft game created by RSF which is filled with books which are censored in their countries of origin . It aims to expose the nature of censorship to teenage game players. The site also has a 360 video of the design of the library. Players can get started from the homepage

Academic Freedom index launched.

The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) is an independent non-profit think tank based in Berlin. It has just launched the Academic Freedom Index In close cooperation with FAU University Erlangen-Nuremberg, V‑Dem and the Scholars at Risk Network, Its website has a methodology, case studies and data. The assessment by More than 1,800 looks at levels academic freedom in different countries between 1900 and 2019

Arts of the Islamic world

Beautiful illustrated history text from Smart History Smarthistory an open educational resource for art history, with the aim to make high-quality introductory art history content freely available Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker originally created Smarthistory and are the executive editors. The original resource was merged with Khan Academy in 2011." Time period coverd is c. 640 - 1924 C.E. It has a chronology and basic introduction to Islamic arts. Sections include mosque architecture and pilgrimages to Mecca.

Historical Desert Island Discs of Nancy Astor

Reading university have done this fun blog with choices of music based on the life of pioneer woman MP Nancy Astor. See her luxury item choice. They intend to follow up on the archives blog with more.

Everyday I am sending inspiring and positive posts.

For those looking for inspiration for working at home
look at this fun clip- from BBC rewind
unbelievably someone working from home in 1969 some great predictions.
https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/9f1917876d466a74ba4fa3af89b98fbb

Worth watching his son too – wonder what he is doing now



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