Say What You Mean and Do What You Say
I wonder whether President Obama or Governor Romney can heal a dysfunctional political system that has torn to shreds the moral fabric of our society. Beyond all the…
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Say What You Mean and Do What You Say
I wonder whether President Obama or Governor Romney can heal a dysfunctional political system that has torn to shreds the moral fabric of our society. Beyond all the…
Socialnomics/Social Media’s presence
(Click this > to watch) Socialnomics/Social Media’s presence Akin to my previous comments on the attachment of teenagers to phones and the way that social media has changed social…
John S. Allen, “The Omnivorous Mind: Our Evolving Relationship to Food”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Food] Did Proust have it right? Does food, whether it’s a madeleine from an aristocratic childhood or the Velveeta mac-and-cheese my mom used to…
John S. Allen, “The Omnivorous Mind: Our Evolving Relationship to Food” (Harvard University Press, 2012)
Did Proust have it right? Does food, whether it’s a madeleine from an aristocratic childhood or the Velveeta mac-and-cheese my mom used to make, have a special significance…
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…
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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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…
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…
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…