Sovcial science sites of the week archive 6th August 2021

 

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

 

Still updating the blog with Covid reports 

See the latest Uk government publications for July 2021 

Social science covid related research 

 

In the news this week 

UK government release online media strategy 

Response from CILIP and the Information Literacy Group 

See more links relating to media on our scoop.it page 

 

New database of advertisements from Exponent women’s newspaper 

Fantastic historic database of publicity advertisements from Woman's Exponent newspaper from 1872-1914. Made available free online from Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library and Utah Digital Newspapers. it is possible to browse by date or industry. Includes many contemporary ads targeted at a female audience including clothes, fashion, education, and travel. 

 

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction 

New free resource edited by Jesse Sheidlower. which was originally linked with Oxford English dictionary. Includes alphabetical and chronological indexes  

Includes origin and changing usage of the terms. Research sources are listed on individual entries. 

 

Apollo 15 moon mission 50th anniversary learning center 

 Just launched by the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) this new resource hopes to provide a resource to learn more about and preserve records of the mission which was the fourth moon space landing . It has original flight data, manuscripts and documents, flight path information and 3d models of space craft as well as online exhibitions 

 

The Hologic Global Women's Health Index 

Aims to be the first globally comparative study of women’s health. It is based on Gallup world poll data. The website is providing information on the methodology which aims to include qualitative life interviews as well as numbers. The full data will be released in the autumn. 

 

  Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Tracker,  
Created and maintained by the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center  Provides information on 81 countries whose central banks have adopted/ implemented any form of digital currency. it has a map information on plans, pilots and cancellations. 

The John Blanke Project: Black Tudor trumpeter 

The John Blanke Project is an art project linked to historian  Michael Ohajuru
The project has its genesis in Image and Reality Black Africans in Renaissance England - IRBARE - a joint venture between  a number of historians exploring the Black presence in 15/16th century Britain
John Blanke, was a black trumpeter in the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII. There is an image of him in the 1511 Tournament Roll the website has examples of his image reimagined as well as facts and research about the real historical figure

 

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heather Dawson

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