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A University of Glasgow collaborative research project will investigate the impact of touch deprivation on the deafblind community during the Covid pandemic.
The Touch Post-Covid 19 project – involving Arts and Quantum Technologies researchers – is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of the UK Research and Innovation rapid response to Covid-19. The project is part of the University’s new ARC (Advanced Research Centre).
The researchers will also investigate sense perception as experienced by individuals with audio visual impairment. They hope to document the social experience of deafblind communities during Covid and develop strategies and new technologies to help facilitate safe and reliable communication and perceptual interaction with their surroundings.
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The Athletic’s Katie Whyatt wrote an article about the lack of diversity in the England women’s team’s player pool. The hook of the piece is England’s recent friendly against Northern Ireland, a match during which the entire England starting lineup was made up of white players. Naturally, it’s representative of a bigger and more layered problem, and Whyatt does a terrific job of exploring the many ways women of color are excluded from the game.
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