Coffe Culture
…from Coffe Culture Local Experience, Global Connections by Catherine M. Tucker. She explores coffe as: a major commodity thet shapes lives of millons of peoples; a product with…
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Tea and Potatoes
Over the past few days I have been asking every teenager I have met what staple foods and drinks they would not be able to live without (not…
EPIC – a few pictures
Some pictures of EPIC 2012 which was held in Savannah and which, as co-chair, I am too fatigued to write about but here are just a few of…
Music in Contemporary Art
The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo is now exhibiting “I Wish This Was A Song. Music in Contemporary Art“. More than 40 artists filling two floors…
Educational Futures
Young people are at a critical juncture. If we invest in them, we secure their future as well as our own. Once more fully supported, investment in education…
Educational Futures
Young people are at a critical juncture. If we invest in them, we secure their future as well as our own. Once more fully supported, investment in education…
Educational Futures
Young people are at a critical juncture. If we invest in them, we secure their future as well as our own. Once more fully supported, investment in education…
Educational Futures
Young people are at a critical juncture. If we invest in them, we secure their future as well as our own. Once more fully supported, investment in education…
Educational Futures
Young people are at a critical juncture. If we invest in them, we secure their future as well as our own. Once more fully supported, investment in education…
Educational Futures
Young people are at a critical juncture. If we invest in them, we secure their future as well as our own. Once more fully supported, investment in education…
Social Introspection
I must give another whole batch of apologies for not doing as I said and making frequent posts over the past month but I shall give an explanation…
After one hundred and a few days
Not yet Taking the minibus is one of the best ways to know the general mood in Egypt. Soon after my return to Egypt two weeks ago to…
After one hundred and a few days
Not yet Taking the minibus is one of the best ways to know the general mood in Egypt. Soon after my return to Egypt two weeks ago to…
Morgan Liu, “Under Solomon’s Throne: Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh”
Dr. Morgan Liu’s book, Under Solomon’s Throne: Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012) brings to light the life of ethnic Uzbeks living in the…
Karen Ruffle, “Gender, Sainthood, and Everyday Practice in South Asian Shi’ism” (University of North Carolina Press, 2011)
What does a wedding in Karbala in the year 680 have to do with South Asian Muslims today? As it turns out, this event informs contemporary ideas of…
How to buy glasses online: A comparison review of Glasses.com, Warby Parker and DBVision.com (Part 5)
This is Part 5 of my multipart review How to buy glasses online. I have already posted my reviews of DB Vision, Warby Parker and Glasses.com. This recap…
Giusi Tamburello, “Concepts and Categories of Emotion in East Asia” (Carocci editore, 2012)
What is the relationship between language and the emotions? Where ought we look for evidence of emotion in historical and literary texts? Is it possible to talk about…
Reading in Dim and Dimmer Legislative Light
In America there seems to be an increasingly widespread aversion to the act of reading. In support of that aversion voters have elected public officials whose profound ignorance…
Reading in Dim and Dimmer Legislative Light
In America there seems to be an increasingly widespread aversion to the act of reading. In support of that aversion voters have elected public officials whose profound ignorance…
Reading in Dim and Dimmer Legislative Light
In America there seems to be an increasingly widespread aversion to the act of reading. In support of that aversion voters have elected public officials whose profound ignorance…
Reading in Dim and Dimmer Legislative Light
In America there seems to be an increasingly widespread aversion to the act of reading. In support of that aversion voters have elected public officials whose profound ignorance…
Reading in Dim and Dimmer Legislative Light
In America there seems to be an increasingly widespread aversion to the act of reading. In support of that aversion voters have elected public officials whose profound ignorance…