21 hours ago by elizabeth

Now, consider a situation where thousands of people displaced from one part of an island, losing their properties, homes, animals, land, and personal belongings, and leaving behind their neighbours, co-villagers, colleagues, and friends from the other community, find themselves elsewhere (north), al ...

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2 days ago by MIKIDE

It is hardly so that I miss a chance to eat, especially with friends. I so do love to eat with my friends. I think eating is spiritual, food is spirituality, dining is spirituality, and therefore I want dining to be a special experience. Hence I like to share this experience with my friends, very of ...

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3 days ago by werner11

Henare, Amiria et al. 2007. Introduction: thinking through things This is the first time I have found a book I wanted at the library!!!!!!!!But of course, irony wins, and i am at home for break and can’t go get it. So anyway, the book, I read a good review of it here: http://blogs.nyu.edu/projects/m ...

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5 days ago by Jason Baird Jackson

I just learned that Mayer Kirshenblatt, a remarkable human being and the father of folklorist Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett has passed away. If you have not seen it yet, I strongly recommend their jointly composed book They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland befor ...

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5 days ago by Northern Waterways

Royal Geographical Society – Hidden Histories of Exploration reveals the contribution of people such as Juan Tepano, Mohammed Jen Jamain, Sidi Mubarak Bombay, Nain Singh and Pedro Caripoco to the history of exploration. Find out about their role and its lasting significance, as illustrated in the pa ...

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9 days ago by Sean

Check out this Economist article that explains how prized hummus is as a part of Middle Eastern cultural patrimony. According to the article, it is crucial for various “nationalists,” Israeli and Lebanese alike, to recognize this food’s origins. It is so important that to some it seems tantamount to ...

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10 days ago by buddhistartnews

Management Lessons on Nothingness, Drawn from Art BusinessWeek The Sanso Collection, as it’s known, contains about 200 paintings, roughly half of which are associated with Zen Buddhism. Drucker, who in addition to being …

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11 days ago by Scott Hanley

A few months ago, I found a set of miniature books at Mom's house that looked rather old and which I don't recall ever seeing before. They were sitting in the garage, which has the typical lack of climate-control - so I brought them home for better care. They turned out to be a set of books from the ...

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11 days ago by prairie mary

Imagine a gold candlestick: nothing fancy, just a single candle. One person figures it’s only brass. A professional evaluator sees that it’s gold and of very high quality workmanship. To another person it’s the candlestick his grandmother always had on the mantel. Maybe this turns out to be the cand ...

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12 days ago by Caitlin GD Hopkins

Earlier in the week, Boston 1775 linked to a nice little online exhibit put on by the Bostonian Society (the people who run the Old State House). The exhibit features material objects that belonged to or were created by 18th-century women and girls. The interface is not obvious (click on numbers on ...

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