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‘Writing Is a Tattoo’ — Kamel Daoud and His Work
"I built this language, entirely, alone with my own wild dictionary."
“I built this language, entirely, alone with my own wild dictionary.”
Digital Resources on the 17th, 18th and 19th Century Caribbean
Imaobong Umoren is the co-winner of the 2021 Eccles Centre and hay festival writer’s award. Here she explores some of the digital resources which have supported her research so far.
Imaobong Umoren is the co-winner of the 2021 Eccles Centre and hay festival writer’s award. Here she explores some of the digital resources which have supported her research so far.
Promoting Governance of the Internet as a Global Public Good
We welcomed the paper’s emphasis on an igf+ institutional framework, as well as the roadmap’s indication that reinvigorating the igf would be an important way forward.
We welcomed the paper’s emphasis on an igf+ institutional framework, as well as the roadmap’s indication that reinvigorating the igf would be an important way forward.
Columbus and the Idea of Cuba
This blog by JS Tennant is part of a special Summer Scholars blog series highlighting recent research across the British Library's Americas collections by scholars and creatives associated with the Eccles Centre, including those supported by the Centre's Awards.
This blog by JS Tennant is part of a special Summer Scholars blog series highlighting recent research across the British Library’s Americas collections by scholars and creatives associated with the Eccles Centre, including those supported by the Centre’s Awards.
Elizabeth I and Languages
She also had writing skills in various languages.
She also had writing skills in various languages.
The Paradoxes of Power: Photographic Records and Postwar Nuclear Testing
This blog by Timothy Peacock is part of a special Summer Scholars blog series highlighting the recent research scholars and creatives associated with the Eccles Centre, including those supported by the Centre’s awards, have undertaken across the Library’s Americas collections.
This blog by Timothy Peacock is part of a special Summer Scholars blog series highlighting the recent research scholars and creatives associated with the Eccles Centre, including those supported by the Centre’s awards, have undertaken across the Library’s Americas collections.
Rod Westmaas: A Hotchpotch of History and Hospitality
This is the eighth in a series of blogs coming out of the eccles centres’ caribbean foodways oral history project.
This is the eighth in a series of blogs coming out of the eccles centres’ caribbean foodways oral history project.
Remi Sussan on Transhumanism, Chaos Culture and p2p
How the transhuman and P2P meme’s are inter-related?
How the transhuman and P2P meme’s are inter-related?
Two Women, a Lawyer and a Book Chest
It is much more likely that the original chest disappeared sometime in the 17th century.
It is much more likely that the original chest disappeared sometime in the 17th century.
‘The Unknown Feminist of Fin-de-Siècle Europe: Lesia Ukrainka’ at the British Library
The museum of abandoned secrets was also translated into English by Nina Murray.
The museum of abandoned secrets was also translated into English by Nina Murray.
Advocating for Human Rights Online and Offline in 2020
Empower improved the guidelines for immigrants in Malaysia
Empower improved the guidelines for immigrants in Malaysia
Digital Rights Stories in the Asia-pacific Highlighted in New, Thought-provoking Film Collection
The films show how interconnected and urgent our digital rights issues are in the region.
The films show how interconnected and urgent our digital rights issues are in the region.
Enabling Digital Inclusion for the Most Vulnerable
We also contributed to the world bank efforts to support the african telecommunications union’s implementation of recommendations on open telecom data.
We also contributed to the world bank efforts to support the african telecommunications union’s implementation of recommendations on open telecom data.
Charlie Phillips: The Story Behind Smokey Joe’s Diner
The marriage of the Jewish classic, chicken soup, with the African, Caribbean and Latin American staple, cassava, all in a humble bowl of goodness, cooked by Charlie’s grandmother, captures traditions of blending and nourishment that are central to Caribbean cooking.
The marriage of the Jewish classic, chicken soup, with the African, Caribbean and Latin American staple, cassava, all in a humble bowl of goodness, cooked by Charlie’s grandmother, captures traditions of blending and nourishment that are central to Caribbean cooking.
Ranette Prime: Food and Identity in Britain
This is the fifth in a series of blogs coming out of the eccles centres’ caribbean foodways oral history project. Identifying connections between participants’ stories and collection items, each blog explores one of the nine oral history interviews that will be deposited in the sound archive.
This is the fifth in a series of blogs coming out of the eccles centres’ caribbean foodways oral history project. Identifying connections between participants’ stories and collection items, each blog explores one of the nine oral history interviews that will be deposited in the sound archive.