Sunday, April 25, 2021

Things I noticed this week (24 April 2021)

The people are not an image: a conversation on vernacular video 

https://networkcultures.org/blog/2021/04/07/being-human-in-community-across-distance-1-3/


Japan scraps mascot promoting Fukushima wastewater dump

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/15/japan-scraps-mascot-promoting-fukushima-wastewater-dump


Covid deniers’ event leaves host dead, 12 infected

https://www.newsweek.com/covid-19-deniers-event-leaves-host-dead-12-infected-1583553


Survey on the impact of the pandemic on the cultural learning workforce

https://culturallearningalliance.org.uk/cultural-learning-workforce-survey-april-2021/


40% fall in EU applications to study in the UK

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210414141653480


Kimberly Chong – Management consulting, the UK’s pandemic response, and the ethical basis of expertise

http://maxcam.socanth.cam.ac.uk/index.php/2020/12/15/kimberly-chongs-public-lecture/


RCA Vice-Chancellors’ Talk: Peter Gabriel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGgWWU9p638


Oxford malaria vaccine proves highly effective in Burkina Faso trial

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/23/oxford-malaria-vaccine-proves-highly-effective-in-burkina-faso-trial


International launch of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Educators and Learners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EuHe2BaYrI


Voting with their money: Brexit and outward investment by UK firms

https://personal.lse.ac.uk/sampsont/OutwardFDI_AP.pdf


Count Binface: Hip to be Mayor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVkilvdfXVc


Niklas Ekstedt's roast chicken with yogurt & salad

https://www.ft.com/content/8fa4f1a6-998f-11ea-8b5b-63f7c5c86bef