Anti-racism sites
Measuring anti-Muslim Attacks Project, (MAMA Project): http://tellmamauk.org/ Faith Matters, a not for profit organisation founded in 2005 which works to reduce extremism and interfaith and intra-faith tensions: http://faith-matters.org/ Runnymede Trust, the UK’s leading race equality think-tank: http://www.runnymedetrust.org/ Institute of Race Relations. The IRR is at the cutting edge of the research and analysis that inform […]
The Riots Communities and Victims Panel: Interim report
Following the riots that occurred in towns and cities across England between 6 and 10 August 2011, the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition established the Riots Communities and Victims Panel. You can read the interim report of the panel at http://www.5daysinaugust.co.uk/ Other useful sites on this topic include: London Recovers […]
Occupy Wall Street
http://www.archive.org/details/occupywallstreet The social movement now has a space on the Internet where they are permanently archiving protest materials. There are currently over 175 materials preserved. They include pictures of protests across the USA from activists, audio files of speeches and images of leaflets produced. For instance see the insert designed to deter companies that send […]
The riots of summer 2011: Seminar organized by the Campaign for Social Science
http://www.socialsciencespace.com/2011/10/the-riots-of-summer-2011-seminar-organised-by-the-campaign-for-social-science/ Access the presentations from an event which took place at Gresham College, London on 13th October 2011. Podcast available soon. The presentations cover 3 main themes: How did we come to this? Is Britain “broken”? Were the rioters “just criminals”? It also has some useful suggestions for further reading. Including links to articles and reports […]
Google Transparency Report
http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/governmentrequests/ The official Google website which provides 6-monthly reports on requests from governments to remove content. Country files have graphs of trends plus comment on the content and information on court cases. Materials generally from 2009 onwards. See the notes on limitations to understand how the index is calculated. http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/faq/#governmentrequestsfaq
Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival
Mexicans are using social media sites such as twitter and face book to exchange information about violence, areas to avoid. Key examples are Wikinarco – https://www.wikinarco.com/ – (see the online crowd sourced maps of crime) & Borderland Beat – http://www.borderlandbeat.com/ – reporting on the Mexico drug cartel war
Map Tube
http://www.maptube.org/ A great free resource for viewing and mashing up maps. Basically maps can be overlayed to compare data visually. For some good examples see maps relating to population, crime & poverty. Population ones feature census data. For instance see this mapping of population density in London: http://www.maptube.org/map.aspx?mapid=136
Reading the riots
The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/series/reading-the-riots and The LSE http://www2.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2011/09/riots.aspx in association with the Joseph Rowntree foundation are investigating the British summer riots of 2011. The Guardian website has a timeline, interviews and writings. It also includes a section on data relating to the riots and rioters.
Friendly Numberhood
http://www.numberhood.net/ Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion, a research consultancy from the Social Disadvantage Research Centre at the University of Oxford have created this new app offering local data on the economy, education, health, crime and other topics. The service has been launched as an iPhone app, with Android and Blackberry versions to follow. A free […]
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