The Centre for Minorities Research (CMR) supports academic dialogue and real-time action on one of the most urgent global challenges of our time: achieving meaningful, intersectional engagement with vulnerable populations. Bringing together an outstanding team from across the University of St Andrews and beyond, CMR facilitates cutting-edge research, interdisciplinary debate, and knowledge application to promote engagement with minority issues.
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Combate ao Coronavírus – Monitoramento comunitário Terra Indígena Xakriabá / Combating Coronavirus – Community monitoring at Xakriabá Indigenous Land
Among Covid-19’s many challenges, indigenous populations in Brazil are particularly vulnerable, with greater vulnerability to infectious diseases and dependent on medical system that presents problems of articulation with the state and municipal health departments. For this reason the Xakriabá People are monitoring their own territory carefully and preliminary results are already available. These results hope
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The Deadly Consequences of Reckless Speech
By Betty Andrews The Washington Post[1] actively fact checks dubious claims made by politicians and public figures and, during his time in office, Donald Trump has made false claims frequently enough to warrant an entire webpage dedicated to compiling them. As of April 3rd, he had made 18,000 false or misleading claims over the course
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Um passeio por Pinhões Quilombola / A walk through Pinhões Quilombola
*** this blog post is translated into English below *** Um passeio por Pinhões quilombola Muito se tem falado em Comunidade Quilombola. Eu nasci na Comunidade Quilombola de Pinhões, no entanto, cresci sem que a comunidade, a família e a escola despertassem em mim o interesse por minha ancestralidade. Após perceber que nossas tradições precisam
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