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The 1619 Project - A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine; Edited by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, Jake Silverstein
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_______________ The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of
fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years
practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features
step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed
explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple,
and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early
Years setting. _______________ A collection of 50 fun and effective
activities to help explore and bring to life themes around farming
and food production. The ideas in this book will develop a child's
confidence, curiosity and connection with the land that sustains
them and supports their development within the Early Learning
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development of fine motor skills and making healthy food choices.
Activities such as 'explore fruit browning,' 'balloon sheep
sheering' and 'discover your dinner plate' provide real-life
connections to the farm-to-fork journey. The programme, designed by
experts from the Country Trust, the UK's leading agricultural
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themes to strengthen aspects of the curriculum, or to support a
farm visit. This book will show practitioners how to make exploring
every aspect of a farm-to-fork journey a fun and foundational part
of any setting.
In July 2013, the UK government arranged for a van to drive through
parts of London carrying the message 'In the UK illegally? GO HOME
or face arrest.' This book tells the story of what happened next.
The vans were short-lived, but they were part of an ongoing trend
in government-sponsored communication designed to demonstrate
toughness on immigration. The authors set out to explore the
effects of such performances: on policy, on public debate, on
pro-migrant and anti-racist activism, and on the everyday lives of
people in Britain. This book presents their findings, and provides
insights into the practice of conducting research on such a charged
and sensitive topic. -- .
What does it mean to belong in a place, or more than one place?
This exciting new volume brings together work from cutting-edge
interdisciplinary scholars researching home, migration and
belonging, using their original research to argue for greater
attention to how feeling and emotion is deeply embedded in social
structures and power relations. Stories of Cosmopolitan Belonging
argues for a practical cosmopolitanism that recognises relations of
power and struggle, and that struggles over place are often played
out through emotional attachment. Taking the reader on a journey
through research encounters spiralling out from the global city of
London, through English suburbs and European cities to homes and
lives in Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Mexico, the contributors show
ways in which international and intercontinental migrations and
connections criss-cross and constitute local places in each of
their case studies. With a reflection on the practice of 'writing
cities' from two leading urbanists and a focus throughout the
volume on empirical work driving theoretical elaboration, this book
will be essential reading for those interested in the politics of
social science method, transnational urbanism, affective practices
and new perspectives on power relations in neoliberal times. The
international range of linked case studies presented here will be a
valuable resource for students and scholars in sociology,
anthropology, urban studies, cultural studies and contemporary
history, and for urban policy makers interested in innovative
perspectives on social relations and urban form.
What does it mean to belong in a place, or more than one place?
This exciting new volume brings together work from cutting-edge
interdisciplinary scholars researching home, migration and
belonging, using their original research to argue for greater
attention to how feeling and emotion is deeply embedded in social
structures and power relations. Stories of Cosmopolitan Belonging
argues for a practical cosmopolitanism that recognises relations of
power and struggle, and that struggles over place are often played
out through emotional attachment. Taking the reader on a journey
through research encounters spiralling out from the global city of
London, through English suburbs and European cities to homes and
lives in Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Mexico, the contributors show
ways in which international and intercontinental migrations and
connections criss-cross and constitute local places in each of
their case studies. With a reflection on the practice of 'writing
cities' from two leading urbanists and a focus throughout the
volume on empirical work driving theoretical elaboration, this book
will be essential reading for those interested in the politics of
social science method, transnational urbanism, affective practices
and new perspectives on power relations in neoliberal times. The
international range of linked case studies presented here will be a
valuable resource for students and scholars in sociology,
anthropology, urban studies, cultural studies and contemporary
history, and for urban policy makers interested in innovative
perspectives on social relations and urban form.
How are multiculturalism, inequality and belonging understood in
the day-to-day thinking and practices of local government?
Examining original empirical data, this book explores how local
government officers and politicians negotiate 'difficult subjects'
linked with community cohesion policy: diversity, inequality,
discrimination, extremism, migration, religion, class, power and
change. The book argues that such work necessitates 'uncomfortable
positions' when managing ethical, professional and political
commitments. Based on first-hand experience of working in urban
local government and extensive ethnographic, interview and
documentary research, the book applies governmentality perspectives
in a new way to consider how people working within government are
subject to regimes of governmentality themselves, and demonstrates
how power operates through emotions. Its exploration of how
'sociological imaginations' are applied beyond academia will be
valuable to those arguing for the future of public services and
building connections between the university and wider society,
including scholars and students in sociology, social policy, social
geography, urban studies and politics, and policy practitioners in
local and central government. Winner of the BSA Philip Abrams
Memorial Prize 2014
The moving and inspirational true story of one little girl's battle
against the medical odds and a mother's unwavering love for her
daughter. 'If I could have any wish it wouldn't be a part in High
School Musical. I'd like to live just one day without having to
rest when my heart gets tired: I'd just waste my energy, doing
stuff with friends. But I can't and feeling unhappy about it is a
waste of time. Being happy gives me energy - so much so that
sometimes I want to do a cartwheel even though I can't actually
manage it. My decision wasn't about dying. It's about living.' When
her daughter Hannah was only four years old, Kirsty Jones received
the news that no mother ever wants to hear. Her little girl had
leukaemia. But Kirsty knew that Hannah was a fighter, and after
gruelling chemotheraphy she beat the disease. But there was more
trauma to come: the chemotherapy drugs had damaged Hannah's heart.
At first, doctors hoped that Hannah's body would compensate for the
damaged muscle, but when Hannah was only twelve her heart failed
without warning. As her life hung in the balance, Doctors advised
that Hannah's only chance of survival was a heart transplant, but
the operation was very risky and the anti-rejection drugs might
bring back the leukaemia. Kirsty knew one thing: Hannah deserved to
decide her own destiny. Wise beyond her years after learning to
cope with so much, Hannah made her choice: she did not want the
transplant. She'd had enough of hospitals and wanted to be at home
with her family. Then in July 2009, the right side of Hannah's
heart completely stopped working and her kidneys started to fail.
Days later Hannah celebrated her 14th birthday - a milestone she
was never expected to reach - and Hannah was ready to make a
different choice. She agreed to have the transplant. Now Kirsty and
Hannah tell their unique story and, with wit and honesty, their
interweaving voices describe how facing and overcoming death has
taught them so much about living. Filled with wisdom and grace,
tears and laughter, Hannah's Choice is about beating the odds and
finding joy in each day.
In July 2013, the UK government arranged for a van to drive through
parts of London carrying the message 'In the UK illegally? GO HOME
or face arrest.' This book tells the story of what happened next.
The vans were short-lived, but they were part of an ongoing trend
in government-sponsored communication designed to demonstrate
toughness on immigration. The authors set out to explore the
effects of such performances: on policy, on public debate, on
pro-migrant and anti-racist activism, and on the everyday lives of
people in Britain. This book presents their findings, and provides
insights into the practice of conducting research on such a charged
and sensitive topic. -- .
Standing on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in 2017,
photographer William Abranowicz was struck by the weight of
historical memory at this hallowed site of one of the civil rights
movement's defining episodes: 1965's "Bloody Sunday," when Alabama
police officers attacked peaceful marchers. To Abranowicz's eye,
Selma seemed relatively unchanged from its apperance in the
photographs Walker Evans made there in the 1930s. That, coupled
with an awareness of renewed voter suppression efforts at state and
federal levels, inspired Abranowicz to explore the living legacy of
the civil and voting rights movement through photographing
locations, landscapes, and individuals associated with the
struggle, from Rosa Parks and Harry Belafonte to the barn where
Emmett Till was murdered. The result is This Far and No Further, a
collection of photographs from Abranowicz's journey through the
American South. Through symbolism, metaphor, and history, he
unearths extraordinary stories of brutality, heroism, sacrifice,
and redemption hidden within ordinary American landscapes,
underscoring the crucial necessity of defending-and exercising-our
right to vote at this tenuous moment for American democracy.
An elected politician is assassinated in the street by a terrorist
associated with extreme political groups, and the national response
is to encourage picnics. Thousands of people are held in
prison-like conditions without judicial oversight or any time-limit
on their sentence . An attempt to re-assert national sovereignty
and borders leads thousands of citizens to register for dual
citizenship with other countries, some overcoming family
associations with genocide in their second country of nationality
to do so. This is life in the UK today. How then are things still
continuing as 'normal'? How can we confront these phenomena and why
do we so often refuse to? What are the practices that help us to
accommodate the unconscionable? How might we contend with the
horrors that meet us each day, rather than becoming desensitized to
them? Violent Ignorance sets out to examine these questions through
an understanding of how the past persists in the present, how
trauma is silenced or reappears, and how we might reimagine
identity and connection in ways that counter - rather than ignore -
historic violence. In particular Hannah Jones shows how border
controls and enforcement, and its corollary, racism and violence,
have shifted over time. Drawing on thinkers from John Berger to Ben
Okri, from Audre Lorde to Susan Sontag, the book questions what it
means to belong, and discusses how hierarchies of belonging are
revealed by what we can see, and what we can ignore.
The 1619 Project's lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the
consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the
United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author
Renee Watson. A young student receives a family tree assignment in
school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma
gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years
ago, in 1619, their ancestors were stolen and brought to America by
white slave traders. But before that, they had a home, a land, a
language. She learns how the people said to be born on the water
survived. And the people planted dreams and hope, willed themselves
to keep living, living. And the people learned new words for love
for friend for family for joy for grow for home. With powerful
verse and striking illustrations by Nikkolas Smith, Born on the
Water provides a pathway for readers of all ages to reflect on the
origins of American identity.
How are multiculturalism, inequality and belonging understood in
the day-to-day thinking and practices of local government?
Examining original empirical data, this book explores how local
government officers and politicians negotiate 'difficult subjects'
linked with community cohesion policy: diversity, inequality,
discrimination, extremism, migration, religion, class, power and
change. The book argues that such work necessitates 'uncomfortable
positions' when managing ethical, professional and political
commitments. Based on first-hand experience of working in urban
local government and extensive ethnographic, interview and
documentary research, the book applies governmentality perspectives
in a new way to consider how people working within government are
subject to regimes of governmentality themselves, and demonstrates
how power operates through emotions. Its exploration of how
'sociological imaginations' are applied beyond academia will be
valuable to those arguing for the future of public services and
building connections between the university and wider society,
including scholars and students in sociology, social policy, social
geography, urban studies and politics, and policy practitioners in
local and central government. Winner of the BSA Philip Abrams
Memorial Prize 2014
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatic expansion of a
groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New American
Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American
past and present. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington
Post, NPR, Esquire, Marie Claire, Electric Lit, Ms. magazine,
Kirkus Reviews, Booklist In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the
British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty
enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and
unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last
for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the
country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the source
of so much that still defines the United States. The New York Times
Magazine's award-winning "1619 Project" issue reframed our
understanding of American history by placing slavery and its
continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. This new
book substantially expands on that work, weaving together eighteen
essays that explore the legacy of slavery in present-day America
with thirty-six poems and works of fiction that illuminate key
moments of oppression, struggle, and resistance. The essays show
how the inheritance of 1619 reaches into every part of contemporary
American society, from politics, music, diet, traffic, and
citizenship to capitalism, religion, and our democracy itself. This
is a book that speaks directly to our current moment,
contextualizing the systems of race and caste within which we
operate today. It reveals long-glossed-over truths around our
nation's founding and construction-and the way that the legacy of
slavery did not end with emancipation, but continues to shape
contemporary American life. Featuring contributions from: Leslie
Alexander Michelle Alexander Carol Anderson Joshua Bennett Reginald
Dwayne Betts Jamelle Bouie Anthea Butler Matthew Desmond Rita Dove
Camille Dungy Cornelius Eady Eve L. Ewing Nikky Finney Vievee
Francis Yaa Gyasi Forrest Hamer Terrance Hayes Kimberly Annece
Henderson Jeneen Interlandi Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Barry Jenkins
Tyehimba Jess Martha S. Jones Robert Jones, Jr. A. Van Jordan Ibram
X. Kendi Eddie Kendricks Yusef Komunyakaa Kevin Kruse Kiese Laymon
Trymaine Lee Jasmine Mans Terry McMillan Tiya Miles Wesley Morris
Khalil Gibran Muhammad Lynn Nottage ZZ Packer Gregory Pardlo Darryl
Pinckney Claudia Rankine Jason Reynolds Dorothy Roberts Sonia
Sanchez Tim Seibles Evie Shockley Clint Smith Danez Smith Patricia
Smith Tracy K. Smith Bryan Stevenson Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Natasha Trethewey Linda Villarosa Jesmyn Ward
The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery is
a plea to America to understand what life post-slavery remains like
for many African Americans, who are descended from people whose
unpaid labour built this land, but have had to spend the last
century and a half carrying the dual burden of fighting racial
injustice and rising above the lowered expectations and hateful
bigotry that attempt to keep them shackled to that past. The
Burden, edited by award-winning Detroit newspaper columnist
Rochelle Riley, is a powerful collection of essays that create a
chorus of evidence that the burden is real. As Nikole Hannah-Jones
states in the book's foreword, "despite the fact that black
Americans remain at the bottom of every indicator of well-being in
this country-from wealth, to poverty, to health, to infant
mortality, to graduation rates, to incarceration-we want to pretend
that this current reality has nothing to do with the racial caste
system that was legally enforced for most of the time the United
States of America has existed". The Burden expresses the voices of
other well-known Americans, such as actor/director Tim Reid who
compares slavery to a cancer diagnosis, former Detroit News
columnist Betty DeRamus who recounts the discrimination she
encountered as a young black Detroiter in the south, and the
actress Aisha Hinds who explains how slavery robbed an entire race
of value and self-worth. This collection of essays is a response to
the false idea that slavery wasn't so bad and something we should
all just "get over". The descendants of slaves have spent over 150
years seeking permission to put this burden down. As Riley writes
in her opening essay, "slavery is not a relic to be buried, but a
wound that has not been allowed to heal. You cannot heal what you
do not treat. You cannot treat what you do not see as a problem.
And America continues to look the other way, to ask African
Americans to turn the other cheek, to suppress our joy, to accept
that we are supposed to go only as far as we are allowed". The
Burden aims to address this problem. It is a must-read for every
American.
An elected politician is assassinated in the street by a terrorist
associated with extreme political groups, and the national response
is to encourage picnics. Thousands of people are held in
prison-like conditions without judicial oversight or any time-limit
on their sentence . An attempt to re-assert national sovereignty
and borders leads thousands of citizens to register for dual
citizenship with other countries, some overcoming family
associations with genocide in their second country of nationality
to do so. This is life in the UK today. How then are things still
continuing as 'normal'? How can we confront these phenomena and why
do we so often refuse to? What are the practices that help us to
accommodate the unconscionable? How might we contend with the
horrors that meet us each day, rather than becoming desensitized to
them? Violent Ignorance sets out to examine these questions through
an understanding of how the past persists in the present, how
trauma is silenced or reappears, and how we might reimagine
identity and connection in ways that counter - rather than ignore -
historic violence. In particular Hannah Jones shows how border
controls and enforcement, and its corollary, racism and violence,
have shifted over time. Drawing on thinkers from John Berger to Ben
Okri, from Audre Lorde to Susan Sontag, the book questions what it
means to belong, and discusses how hierarchies of belonging are
revealed by what we can see, and what we can ignore.
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