sites of the week 11th March 2022

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

key checking the blog for the latest 

uk government publications on Covid 

social science research a selection of key recent publications 

 

 

Ukraine. 

some useful large scale resources. 

 

Archive-it website archive 

Since 2014 archive-it have been archiving the websites of a selection of resources selected by experts from Stanford University, Harvard and the Library of Congress. They include blogs, social media and government. Topics include politics and investigative journalism. The site is searchable and a good resource for tracing documents relating to the development of the conflict 

 

ACLED datasets relating to Ukraine 

It has  data and mappings on all  political violence and demonstrations since 2018. There is an interactive map which is now being updated daily with data, 

 

Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map 

Maintained by the  Centre for Information Resilience (Bellingcat, Conflict Intelligence Team and the it is a crowdsourced effort which aims to map, document and verifying incidents, human right abuses , bombings and violence 

The content will be archived for future use by researchers, reporters as well as justice and accountability bodies 

 

Wonderful women’s History month resources. 

 

Find out about female firsts in London Transport in this webinar from their corporate archives available via YouTube 

 

What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles  is a 2022 exhibition being held physically in New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, it also has an accompanying online 3d exhibition visit and. Images from the catalogue. It is curated by Naomi Polonsky and Lorna Dillon with Koni Borowiak, Laura Moseley, Annie Roberts and Francesca Vella Bonnici bringing together work from an international group of women who all use textiles  (crochet, quilting , applique) to comment on politics and society.  

A Stone’s Throw from Westminster – Suffragettes and other Feminists inCamden, SuffrageArts.is now available online. https://www.camden.gov.uk/local-history-exhibitions-and-events#pxiv  It comprises a pdf of all the exhibitions  boards along with their images which were originally shown in libraries in 2018. It includes coverage of the census boycott of 1911and other suffrage activities with the focus on people and events in Camden in central London

Calderdale, West Yorkshire Archive Service has provided a further transcript of the diaries of Anne Lister. This has been compiled via crowd sourcing and covers 9 May 1822-25 Apr 1823 offering insight into early LGBT + plus history. 

 

City of Women Map 

great resource created with memory mapper with input from UCL for spatial analysis and a large number of feminists led by Reni Eddo-Lodge and actor Emma Watson, who worked with writer and activist Rebecca Solnit and partnered with Transport for London (TfL). It renames the tube map of London with women’s names from the arts, sciences and sports, including non binary women. Find out more here  

The full website will be here 

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/mar/redrawing-london-underground-map-international-womens-day 

best wishes

Heather Dawson

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