Social science sites of the week 14th August 2020



Here is the latest update of new and interesting  sites of the week

Covid
Still updating the blog. This week updates from the A Level controversy
https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2020/08/education-grades.html

 Lost on the Frontline- COVID 19 US health workers deaths

This interactive database from the Kaiser Family Foundation and  Guardian newspaper is tracking COVID 19 deaths from US health and social care workers. It is possible to search by area, age, gender, ethnicity and access to PPE. There are biographies of individual lives lost. A full methodology is provided on the website

Student Space 

A dedicated mental health hub  for aid during the COVID crisis
launched by  Student Minds with funding from the Office for Students. It is intended to provide generic help to supplement local initiatives webinars and articles on mental health and well being issues as well asa directory it has a directory of student support services, at individual universities 

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

Coming soon commemorate on 23rd August the UNESCO website links to UN resolutions

Other related research databases 

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.


Fourth VR works

Great site which showcases Virtual reality projects involving indigenous peoples
maintained by Keziah Wallis (Kāi Tahu) Miriam Ross covers a range of different types of media , technology.The directory includes indigenous led projects, partnership and collaboration. There is a geolocation map, descriptions and links.


Cornell University Library Launches Vast Hip-Hop Photo Archive

Contains digitised photographs from 
Ernie Paniccioli (principal photographer for Word Up! and Rap Masters magazines) from  the 1980s to 2000

Turkish/Ottoman Periodicals (Digitization Project "Translatio")
Digitization Project "Translatio"  from the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn makes available digital copies of Persian, Arabic, and Turkish periodicals.
Each title has a WorldCat record, German transliteration, with link to digitized content. 
 Most cover the period 1860-1945
They can be searched and include magnificent images

Occupy Archive

launched by Case western University
preserves more than 1,200 pages of documentation and offers access to more than 400 digitized materials that help bring to life the movement’s massive scale, grassroots nature and enduring impact commemorating the last decade . The site has explanations an inventory and taxonomy of terms. They include ephemera, leaflets protest meting organisation notes from Occupy Wall Street and more.


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Heather Dawson

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