social science sites of the week archive 23rd April 2021
In the news covid - still updating the blog with links to the latest social science research
http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2021/04/covid-social-science-reports-april-2020.html
Also. noted this week . A really good blog posting from LSE Blogs about a new project which aims to collect working class experiences of lockdown.
Migration Network Hub
The United Nations Network on Migration was launched recently it aims to provide a place where researcher scan access a variety of resources relating to worldwide migration including labour migration, border control and trafficking. It includes global and regional materials, links to a variety of UN and other major reports, networks of experts, events listings and links to migration data.
Unlock anti-racism toolkit
Designed for arts organisations in the UK, Unlock aims to provide practical steps on how to anti-racist action in the workplace. It is the result of the anti-racism conference Speak-Listen-Reset-Heal that took place in autumn of 2020.
It is based on suggestions for change made by those with lived experience of racism in the arts. Topics covered include hiring, leadership and inclusivity. Organisations can register to use it most effectively.
BBC handbook online
The BBC Hand Book was first issued in 1928 and published until 1987 when it became annual reports The contents comprise a review of the year's programming, cultural and technical achievements.
A large number are free to download from this magnificent website providing a rich source of information for both media historians, those focussing on the technical development of radio and TV, and social historians as the adverts and programme content reflect attitudes towards women, children and social groups in society.
The 1928 handbook has a number of pages of advertising for early radios, accounts of the contents of public lectures and items of interest to womens historians. For instance p.17 has a fascinating advert addressed to the women of Britain which informs them that it is their duty to make the home comfortable by purchasing a certain kind of light globe! There are also accounts of the timing and content of programmes targeted at women
Annotated index in the Lady’s Magazine;
or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex from its first series (1770 to 1818).
Time to revisit this useful site for researchers prepared as part of a Leverhulme funded project at the university of Kent. It is possible to download in excel or browse online by title, author, subject , pseudonym
Center for American War Letters
provides free access online to a growing collection of war letters from every American conflict, beginning with handwritten letters composed during the Revolutionary War and continuing up to emails sent from Iraq and Afghanistan. Mainly letters from soldiers home.
World of languages
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Developed by the AHRC to revitalise Modern Languages and encourage multilingualism, this free website has nine online games for learners to encourage use of different languages. Designed primarily for children aged 10-14 by fun for all , showing the value of being multilingual in a variety of settings
In the news covid - still updating the blog with links to the latest social science research
http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2021/04/covid-social-science-reports-april-2020.html
Also. noted this week . A really good blog posting from LSE Blogs about a new project which aims to collect working class experiences of lockdown.
Shakespeare day 23rd April- some great free resources
23rd April is celebrated as Shakespeare day
so here are some great free resources for researchers and students
Shakespeare Documented wonderful resource from the Folger Shakespeare library bringing together hundreds manuscript and print references to Shakespeare, his works, and additional references to his family, in his lifetime and later includes images of legal documents, reviews and some first editions
The Internet Shakespeare Editions publishes high quality materials on:Shakespeare's works His plays, life and times.
It includes texts of plays and poems, details on his career and reviews of film performances
A digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio
The British Library Quartos
site contains 107 copies of the 21 plays by Shakespeare printed in quarto before the 1642 theatre closures. You will find background information and details of performance, but the site excels in allowing you to compare different quartos side-by-side using high quality page images.
Discovering literature Shakespeare and Renaissance
marvellous British library study resource containing essays and other materials which set the plays in context
Migration Network Hub
The United Nations Network on Migration was launched recently it aims to provide a place where researcher scan access a variety of resources relating to worldwide migration including labour migration, border control and trafficking. It includes global and regional materials, links to a variety of UN and other major reports, networks of experts, events listings and links to migration data.
Unlock anti-racism toolkit
Designed for arts organisations in the UK, Unlock aims to provide practical steps on how to anti-racist action in the workplace. It is the result of the anti-racism conference Speak-Listen-Reset-Heal that took place in autumn of 2020.
It is based on suggestions for change made by those with lived experience of racism in the arts. Topics covered include hiring, leadership and inclusivity. Organisations can register to use it most effectively.
BBC handbook online
The BBC Hand Book was first issued in 1928 and published until 1987 when it became annual reports The contents comprise a review of the year's programming, cultural and technical achievements.
A large number are free to download from this magnificent website providing a rich source of information for both media historians, those focussing on the technical development of radio and TV, and social historians as the adverts and programme content reflect attitudes towards women, children and social groups in society.
The 1928 handbook has a number of pages of advertising for early radios, accounts of the contents of public lectures and items of interest to womens historians. For instance p.17 has a fascinating advert addressed to the women of Britain which informs them that it is their duty to make the home comfortable by purchasing a certain kind of light globe! There are also accounts of the timing and content of programmes targeted at women
Annotated index in the Lady’s Magazine;
or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex from its first series (1770 to 1818).
Time to revisit this useful site for researchers prepared as part of a Leverhulme funded project at the university of Kent. It is possible to download in excel or browse online by title, author, subject , pseudonym
Center for American War Letters
provides free access online to a growing collection of war letters from every American conflict, beginning with handwritten letters composed during the Revolutionary War and continuing up to emails sent from Iraq and Afghanistan. Mainly letters from soldiers home.
World of languages
ock
Developed by the AHRC to revitalise Modern Languages and encourage multilingualism, this free website has nine online games for learners to encourage use of different languages. Designed primarily for children aged 10-14 by fun for all , showing the value of being multilingual in a variety of settings
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