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From Exotic to ‘Dirty’: How the Pandemic has Re-Colonised Leicester

From Exotic to ‘Dirty’: How the Pandemic has Re-Colonised Leicester

  • By discoversociety
  • July 16, 2020

Bal Sokhi-Bulley I have always known it as Melton Road. The street sign says Belgrave Road. And the brown and white [...]

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Colonial logics in the British asylum system

Colonial logics in the British asylum system

  • By discoversociety
  • July 06, 2020

Lucy Mayblin The black lives matter protests around the world, sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, are bringing [...]

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The Whiteness of Public Space

The Whiteness of Public Space

  • By discoversociety
  • July 02, 2020

Tom Trevatt When Edward Colston’s statue was toppled by Black Lives Matter protesters in June 2020 there was both praise and [...]

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Temporary encounters, perpetual struggles: Covid19, train journeys and migrant labourers in India

Temporary encounters, perpetual struggles: Covid19, train journeys and migrant labourers in India

  • By discoversociety
  • July 01, 2020

Manish Maskara As an immediate result of Covid19 lockdown in India starting 24th March 2020, migrant labourers, who were otherwise invisible [...]

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FOCUS: Accounting for British History

FOCUS: Accounting for British History

  • By discoversociety
  • July 01, 2020

Gurminder K Bhambra British history did not happen only in Britain. Indeed, Britain, itself, only came into being in 1707 with [...]

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VIEWPOINT: Biofuels: Another Story of Neo-Colonialism

VIEWPOINT: Biofuels: Another Story of Neo-Colonialism

  • By discoversociety
  • July 01, 2020

Paula Reisdorf Over the past decade, large swathes of land in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have been grabbed by European multinational companies, [...]

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ON THE FRONTLINE: Redeveloping Southall: A Story of Soil, Gas, Empire and Resistance

ON THE FRONTLINE: Redeveloping Southall: A Story of Soil, Gas, Empire and Resistance

  • By discoversociety
  • July 01, 2020

Eleanor Kashouris and Jacob Hendry In 1869 the towers of a major gas works went up in Southall, then a small [...]

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Policy and Politics: Understanding Trump – Modes of Deliberate Disproportionate Policy Response

Policy and Politics: Understanding Trump – Modes of Deliberate Disproportionate Policy Response

  • By discoversociety
  • July 01, 2020

Moshe Maor This section of Discover Society is provided in collaboration with the journal, Policy and Politics. It is curated by Sarah [...]

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Reflections on the Problem of Racism in France

Reflections on the Problem of Racism in France

  • By discoversociety
  • July 01, 2020

Abdellali Hajjat Since the 100,000 participants in the 1983 March for Equality and Against Racism, French activists fighting against racism and [...]

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Humiliation and policing the borders of the university

Humiliation and policing the borders of the university

  • By discoversociety
  • July 01, 2020

Yasmeen Narayan This article is based on a conversation with Eddie Bruce-Jones that took place in the Department of Psychosocial Studies, [...]

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