Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity

Research from the University of Aberdeen has re-framed dementia as part of the spiritual life of the community, leading to significant changes both in the UK and globally.

Researchers from the University combined expertise in adult literacies education with an in-depth knowledge of Rwandan everyday social practices to support adult learners to improve their life skills.

Remains of Bennachie’s 19th century crofting settlement are still visible. The local community worked with researchers to create an app that explores the history and community behind the Bennachie Colony.

Populist radical right parties in Europe are using discursive ‘doublespeak’ to walk a thin tightrope between radicalism and acceptability as they grow in power, says Dr Judith Sijstermans.

Aberdeen postgraduate student Ahmad Ali Shariati reflects on the value of scholarships and studying through the fall of the Afghanistan government as his family fled the Taliban.

Jennie Riley compares the seemingly incongruous rites of passage of marriage and death, and considers similarities between the two which the pandemic brought into sharper relief. 

Curatorial assistant Abeer Eladany and Head of Museums and Special Collections Neil Curtis reflect on how museum collections and spaces can better recognise and address Scotland’s complex imperial, colonial, and slavery histories.

How does culture support our communities? Join us on a folklorist’s journey from scholar to activist to facilitator of change, and back again, through narratives of migration, motherhood, courage, and food.

Content warnings on University course materials have been in the headlines a lot recently, with ‘woke’ Universities accused of helping to create “a generation of snowflakes unable to cope with the complexities of life”. Outrage makes for great clickbait, but is it justified?

Clare Bond talks to Elizabeth Whelan a Painter and Portrait Artist living in Martha’s Vineyard, who took the opportunity to curate – ‘Inseparable’ an exhibition of science through art that included her own Women in Science series of portraits.

Many people occasionally worry about social situations, but someone with social anxiety feels overly worried before, during and after them. This episode discusses how to identify signs of social anxiety and how to live with it.

Dr Suk-Jun Kim, Director of Postgraduate Research at LLMVC, and Ian Grosz, second-year PhD student in Creative Writing invite Sarinah O’Donoghue, a PhD student at LLMVC, exploring narrative representations of autism.

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