1st December 2022

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

  

Transnational Journeys: An archival exploration of feminist posters that transcend borders at the Feminist Library 

a great online exhibition from the feminist library which provides digital images of a number of international feminist posters which have arrived in their collections since the 1960s 

these explore the content, issues and questions that arise about the nature of feminism across borders, Some entries also consider how the posters entered the archive 

 

Searching for grey literature about Covid? 

 

The K4D COVID-19 Evidence Search from IDS provides access to briefings and summaries from a development perspective supplied by K$D programme to British government. 

 

The Social Science in Humanitarian Action platform is really useful, covering this and a range of other health and medical related topics 

SSHAP is a partnership between the Institute of Development Studies, Anthrologica , Gulu University, ISP Bukavu, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Makerere University and University of Juba and is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Wellcome Trust. includes field notes, research evaluations and reports 

 

  

Civitas Londinum 

Available via the London Picture archive this great image of  

Civitas Londinium, also known as the Woodcut Map of London, c1561-1570, This edition published c1633, sheet 8; shows ships on the river and if you zoom in the bull and bear baiting rings  

 

  

What should governments do about wellbeing? 

LSE press provides free open access to a growing number of books and textbooks covering all aspects of the social sciences.  Recently published is this book by T, Besley on wellbeing in relation to government policies 

 

 

BL Medieval manuscripts has now digitised documents relating to the trial of Joan of Arc. 

They comprise two manuscripts Egerton MS 984 

https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_984 

a second trial held after the appeal of her mother Stowe MS 84 

https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Stowe_MS_84 

this twitter thread provides expert commentary 

https://twitter.com/BLMedieval/status/1593394876787433474 

 

 

Traces of South Asia – LSE Archives 

Worth revisiting this page which is seeking  to bring to light some stories relating to connections with nations of South Asia which may have been obscured and not highlighted enough in the past. The page gives background to the project and the work of curators, academic staff and volunteers. It includes some online exhibitions, biographies of key staff and student figures uncovered and links to primary source documents relating to them. The exhibitions include: Educate. Agitate. Organise' which explores the student file of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, curated in partnership with the LSE South Asia Centre and DecolonisingLSE Collective

Trade Remedies Data Portal 

This new Portal from the WTO provides a single gateway to comprehensive data on all anti-dumping and countervailing duty actions notified by WTO members, it includes up to date reports  

  

 Climate Visuals  

Is a project of charity Climate Outreach which seeks to increase public knowledge about global climate change. This section of the website has collections of  photographs visually showing the impact of climate change . they include oceans, global warming . All photos are based on evidence and aim to show local people. In real locations. Check copyright on the site. 

best wishes
Heather Dawson

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