Theme : communities
- Are we happy? Recently, there has been much talk of happiness. Media coverage of "happiness", or lack of it, has exponentially grown in recent months with an daily array of articles on the topic. With the exception of some, most articles may be categorized into from : silviaguglielmi 4th July 2008
- Social Capital and the Material World Last week, I spoke at a summit on Conservation Education convened by the Textile Conservation Centre. I presented the interim thinking from our project, Saved for the Nation.I've put the speech and the presentation I gave on the website. They outline one of the ideas we are developing in the project, which is about the symbolism of caring for the material world, and what it means in relation to wider agenda, from identity and communities, to building cultural literacy. from : samjones 20th June 2008
- Digi Tales hmm... where have i heard of this one before from : charlietims 23rd January 2008
- 7/7 Public Enquiry in the Dock Yesterday's guilty verdicts for the five 'fertiliser bombers' and the revelation of partial links between them and two of the 7/7 bombers (Kahn and Tanweer) has renewed calls for a public enquiry into the events leading up to the 7/7 bombing. As a fan of greater openess in the area of security, I am supposed to be supportive of such an enquiry. But I'm not. Not because of the substance of what it might show us, and the important precedent it would set in the openess stakes. But because of the... from : rachelbriggs 1st May 2007
- Bringing it Home Based on over twelve months of embedded research, Bringing it Home: Community based approaches to counter-terrorism argues that, despite some commendable attempts at engagement, the Government’s actions continue to drive a wedge between the majority of British Muslims and the rest of society, rather than isolating the violent few. from : markfuller 4th December 2006
- More on Muslim women... The current preoccupation with religious dress for Muslim women is further evidence of a worrying pattern in the way in which women in general - and Muslim women in particular - are involved with political debate. Rather than being invited to comment on questions accross the political spectrum, Muslim women are invited to give an opinion only on issues perceived as relating to their own experience, such as religious dress, arranged or forced marriage, or the role of women within their faith. from : hannahlownsbrough 12th October 2006
- Change Within Change Within examines the crucial role played by black and minority ethnic voluntary organisations. from : hannahlownsbrough 3rd October 2006
- We must engage with moderate Muslims In a response to Madeleine Bunting, Michael Gove calls for a more robust relationship with Islam. from : samhintonsmith 29th August 2006
- Sky News' take on today's speech The Home Secretary has called for society to help defend Britain from international terrorism, saying the Government cannot do it alone. John Reid said a new way of thinking about national security is needed if terror is to be defeated. from : charlieedwards 9th August 2006
- Local groups may lose trust of community Community-based organisations can’t tackle social exclusion if they are ‘instruments of government policy’ from : mollywebb 2nd August 2006
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