The Poppy; Traveller Children in Schools
Laurie Taylor explores the origins and meaning of the Remembrance Day poppy. Also, traveller children in schools.
The Poppy - a cultural history. Laurie Taylor talks to renowned archaeologist and anthropologist, Nicholas Saunders, about his account of the origins, history and many meanings of the Remembrance Day Poppy. From ancient Egypt to Flanders Field to Afghanistan. How did a humble flower of the field become a worldwide icon? They're joined by Professor of History, Joanna Bourke. Also, Reader in Education, Kalwant Bhopal, discusses her research into the experience of traveller children in schools.
Producer: Jayne Egerton.
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Nicholas Saunders
Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol
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The Poppy - A Cultural History from Ancient Egypt to Flanders Fields to Afghanistan
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
ISBN-10: 185168705X
ISBN-13: 978-1851687053
Joanna Bourke
Professor of History at Birkbeck College
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What It Means To Be Human: Reflections from 1791 to the present
Publisher: Virago听
ISBN-10: 1844086453
ISBN-13: 978-1844086450
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An Intimate History Of Killing: Face To Face Killing In Twentieth Century Warfare
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465007384
ISBN-13: 978-0465007387
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鈥� articles and essays by Joanna Bourke
Kalwant Bhopal
Reader in Education, Southampton University
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Ross Deuchar, Kalwant Bhopal
DOI: 10.1080/01411926.2012.679252
British Educational Research Journal
Volume 39, Issue 4, pages 733鈥�750, August 2013
Ethnography Award
Thinking Allowed in association with the British Sociological Association announces a new annual award for a study that has made a significant contribution to ethnography: the in-depth analysis of the everyday life of a culture or sub-culture.
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锘緼re you involved in social science research and completing or will have completed an ethnography this year? The Award is open to any UK resident currently employed as a teacher or researcher or studying as a postgraduate in a UK institution of higher education.
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An entry should be a completed ethnography, a qualitative research project which provides a detailed description of the practices of a group or culture. Any sole authored book or peer reviewed research article published during the calendar year of the award will be eligible.
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The judges for the Award are Professor Dick Hobbs, Professor Henrietta Moore, Dr Louise Westmarland, Professor Bev Skeggs. The Chair is Professor Laurie Taylor. (Please do not contact any judges directly).
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