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Resisting Racism in the Academy

Resisting Racism in the Academy

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  • July 03, 2019

Katy Sian My recent research on racism in British universities documents the everyday and structural patterns of discrimination experienced by racially [...]

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“We’re not asking for the moon on a stick”: Kindness and Generosity in the Academy

“We’re not asking for the moon on a stick”: Kindness and Generosity in the Academy

  • By discoversociety
  • July 03, 2019

Sarah Burton and Vikki Turbine It’s February 2019 and the London sun is beating down on us as we sit [...]

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On decolonising our departments and disciplines, respectability and belonging

On decolonising our departments and disciplines, respectability and belonging

  • By discoversociety
  • July 03, 2019

Yasmeen Narayan This article is based on a short introductory talk that I gave ‘on decolonising psychosocial studies, teaching postcolonial studies’ [...]

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Why the harassed don’t complain

Why the harassed don’t complain

  • By discoversociety
  • July 03, 2019

Romit Chowdury The ‘me too’ moment in academia has provoked a wide range of responses from those involved in university life. [...]

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Reflective practice is a risk to competent clinical practice

Reflective practice is a risk to competent clinical practice

  • By discoversociety
  • July 03, 2019

Clare Butler Reflective practice is key to the development of professional practice in a range of work settings, including the healthcare [...]

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Brexit: working class revolt or middle class outlook?

Brexit: working class revolt or middle class outlook?

  • By discoversociety
  • July 03, 2019

Jim Butcher Many commentators and academics emphasised the importance of the working class vote to Leave in the 2016 referendum, some [...]

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Sustainability, development and devastation:  New encounters in  Indigenous dialogues

Sustainability, development and devastation: New encounters in Indigenous dialogues

  • By discoversociety
  • July 03, 2019

Sara Ashencaen Crabtree, Jonathan Parker, Zanisah Man, Ali García Segura, and Olivia Sylvester According to the World Bank, indigenous people [...]

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Restoring A Cathedral, Erasing Empire: A Tale of Two Fires

Restoring A Cathedral, Erasing Empire: A Tale of Two Fires

  • By discoversociety
  • July 03, 2019

Meghan Tinsley On 15 April 2019, a fire at Notre-Dame de Paris destroyed the building’s roof and spire, causing some €7 [...]

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FOCUS: Digital transgression and the changing nature of crime

FOCUS: Digital transgression and the changing nature of crime

  • By discoversociety
  • June 05, 2019

Jakob Demant, Silje A. Bakken, Sidsel K. Harder, and Kathrine Elmose Societies have changed and so has the nature of crime. [...]

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Viewpoint: The Danish Welfare State – Securing the middle classes, leaving the poor behind

Viewpoint: The Danish Welfare State – Securing the middle classes, leaving the poor behind

  • By discoversociety
  • June 05, 2019

Peter Abrahamson Welfare state development in Denmark is paradoxical: we have experienced a continuous penalizing of marginalised people through a reduction [...]

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