Category: History
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Where The Future Are You
This strange vision passed through me today. Smeared it on Twitter, but it kept sticking to my fingers. Hoping if it’s left here someone else will stumble through it and the Tin Man will be free. Will you be the Tin Man?
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Bronze Age ‘Microbrewery’ Unearthed At Cyprus Archaeological Site
I love tales of ancient beer. It’s the start of human history!
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Jewish Morocco: Marseille’s North African Lower East Side
I don’t know Chris Silver, the author of this piece, but it’s a great write up on his visit to Marseilles. Makes me anxious to get back to France! http://jewishmorocco.blogspot.com/2012/08/marseilles-north-african-lower-east-side.html?m=1
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Africans, Asians Unite!
Asia in My Life By Ngugi wa Thiong’o “The links between Asia and Africa and South America have always been present but in our times they have been made invisible by the fact that Europe is still the central mediator of Afro-Asian-Latino discourse. We live under what Satya Mohanty in his interview in Frontline (April…
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The History and Techniques of Napkin Folding
Fascinating! Who would have of thought there was so much emphasis ever placed on napkin folding? An enterprising artist could easily turn this knowledge into a piece (or pieces) on subjective identity and class structure. Or just make something beautiful! The History and Techniques of Napkin Folding (via Edible Geography)