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FGM, social media activism and ‘honour’ killings

The Open University

Christina Julios discusses the phenomenon of anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) social media activism, forced marriage and ‘honour’ killings in Britain. […]

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Contesting the ‘model minority’
City, University of London
Ethnicity and Racism Social Sciences

While racialized youth are often central in debates on citizenship, multiculturalism and belonging, those ascribed as ‘British Chinese’ are constructed […]
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Comics and the Senses
London College of Communication
Culture & Ethnic Studies Social Sciences

Ian Hague asserts that comics is not just a visual medium and outlines the multisensory aspects of comics: the visual, […]
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Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels
London College of Communication
Culture & Ethnic Studies Social Sciences

Multiculturalism, and its representation, has long presented challenges for the medium of comics. Ian Hague discusses ways in which comics […]
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Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game
University of Warwick
Philosophy Social Sciences

‘Post-truth’ was Oxford Dictionaries 2016 word of the year. While the term was coined by its disparagers in the light […]
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Social Epistemology
University of Warwick
Philosophy Social Sciences

Steve Fuller discusses social epistemology’s place in the history of analytic and continental epistemology and discusses the inspiration he has drawn […]
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Bureaucracy, Law and Dystopia in the United Kingdom’s Asylum System
SOAS, University of London
Anthropology Social Sciences

Based on ethnographic research over a two year period, John Campbell analyzes asylum appeals in the British courts. Publication
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IVF global histories, USA: between Rock and a marketplace
London School of Economics
Culture and Society Social Sciences

The USA has played, and continues to play, a distinctive and significant part in the history of IVF and assisted reproductive […]
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Girls constructing ‘healthy’ identities in school
Goldsmiths, University of London
Education Professional

Sheryl Clark explores girls’ embodied constructions of ‘healthy’ identities. Clark’s research with girls (aged 10–13) found that over the transition to […]
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Gangs of Russia: From the Streets to the Corridors of Power
London Metropolitan University
Criminology Social Sciences

Since their spectacular rise in the 1990s, Russian gangs have remained entrenched in many parts of the country. Some gang […]
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