Social science sites of the week 21st August 2020



Here is the latest round up and new and interesting sites of the week

In the news this week

Covid
More on education grades on our blog
http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/

Leading the Fight Against the Pandemic: Does Gender ‘Really’ Matter?
A really interesting SSRN Paper which considers whether women political leaders are being more effective in managing covid-19

 ACLED report on disorder during the pandemic
Records the impact using data taken from its COVID-19 Disorder Tracker, comparing November 2019-June 2020 focussing on demonstrations and political violence. There are global, regional and individual nations.

Racial Disparities in COVID-19: Key Findings from Available Data and Analysis
report focusing on the USA from KFF
COVID-19 International Responses:Resources for Comparison with U.S. Policies
Useful CRS report summarises key US government responses and then offers links to other major international organisations websites 

Feminist Library’s ‘Care’ Webinar Resources
Really great offering from the Feminist library which provides free access to recorded webinars and links to projects and online resources covering aspects of care during the pandemic. 


VJ Day - research resources

Last week was the 75th anniversary of VJ the ending of the Second World War with Japan
Here are some recommended study resources

A good Starting point is the US government website
They have the official surrender document 
They also have this  blog posting which links to original photographs and other documents from the American Allied perspective

For the Uk, The Imperial war museum has some photographs of the VJ day celebrations
plus some rare colour footage of Londoners on the day
The National Archives blog has an interesting discussion, with original documents, of secret plans for British involvement in a possible invasion of Japan in 1945
Plus materials relating to the bombing of Hiroshima
Their website also has a detailed research guide covering the Second World War

Don't forget how the war ended. Hiroshima Peace Museum has an English language version for those not able to read Japanese. It includes atomic survivor oral testimonies.

Repatriation: An Approach For A Fairer Museum
A visualization by data visualiser Simone Betito
which maps case studies of repatriation or returning museum artefacts around the world.  it is based on a 4 pillar model of repatriation or return: symbolism, legality; preservation and morality and uses the model of 5,000 items from the New York Met museum date of last update is given on the website.

Circus Route books
Fab digital collection from Milner Library, University Illinois State University
the 300 online  books trace the routes taken by circuses (including key names such as Barnum)  across North America in the period 1840-1960 offering a great insight into circus history including details of performances, public entertainment and attitudes towards performing animals. There are also economic details of ticket sales
 and some wonderful illustrated books 



METOO digital Project Schlesinger Library
Major archival project from the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America which is based  at Harvard University. It is  working on a large scale project to comprehensively document the #metoo movement  covering the legal, political and social impact. It is aiming to collect  social media, news articles, legislation, lawsuits, statistical studies, Fortune 500 companies’ employment manuals, and twitter hashtags related to #metoo dating from 2017 onwards. The website provides access to project details, methodology and ethics codes. Users can currently access 
#metoo Digital Media Collection - Twitter Dataset and curated websites


Booth Maps- and layers of London
Now available on the layers of London website a new enhanced 
visualisation and digital analysis. of social class and poverty in London based on Charles Booth original Poverty maps.
5 separate layers, one for each social class, can now be individual viewed alongside the original map. See the announcements
https://twitter.com/LayersofLondon/status/1295638430932705280
https://www.layersoflondon.org/map?layer=charles-booth-s-poverty-map-1886-1903&layers=true

for more details on the map see the lse website 
this week updates have also been posted on my twitter account
https://twitter.com/socialsciencec2

and  website
https://socialsciencecurrentawareness.wordpress.com/
                         

best wishes
Heather Dawson

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