Monthly Archives: November 2016

Thomas Horsfall // Art for Wellbeing

Originally posted on Design As Distributed Agency:
Ancoats Art Museum (n.d.) Thomas Horsfall was a Victorian philanthropist and son of a wealthy cotton manufacturer, in Manchester.  Due to ill health, he was unable to work for the family business, and this allowed…

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Cultural Appropriation: Motoko Kusanagi is White?

Originally posted on Le Savoir:
In a recent article from the New Republic, Ryu Spaeth makes the case that it is fine to cast Scarlett Johansson, a white female, as Motoko Kusanagi, a robot detective in future Tokyo. Cultural appropriation, as…

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Come and Sing!

Originally posted on Sacred Trinity Church, Chapel St, Salford:
Come and Sing in Salford! No need to audition! No need to read music! No need to be an experienced singer. Meet people who live in your community.  Experience a profound sense of…

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How one man is planning to swim across the Atlantic Ocean — Global News

A British man set out on Sunday on a 3,200 km swim from Senegal to Brazil, seeking to become the first person to make it across the Atlantic Ocean. via How one man is planning to swim across the Atlantic Ocean … Continue reading

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The Brazilian Shopping Mall Obsession

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Good Brazilian Music that You Won’t Find on Spotify’s Top 50 Brazil Playlist

Originally posted on Julia's Thoughts:
Music says a lot about a country’s culture and it can be very different to outsider’s ears. Brazil, being a extremely large country, has a range of different melodies, rhythms and music styles. Brazilians hear…

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Progressive fundamentalism: how Hollywood and the media fortify the bubbles we all live in – Updated by Todd VanDerWerff Nov 14, 2016, 11:00am EST — Just Sayin’

The left can win over rural America without compromising its values. But it will take time and building relationships. When I go home to South Dakota to visit my family, I speak two languages. One is the language of my … Continue reading

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Boreal forest on the edge of a climate-change tipping point

Originally posted on ConservationBytes.com:
As some know, I dabble a bit in the carbon affairs of the boreal zone, and so when writer Christine Ottery interviewed me about the topic, I felt compelled to reproduce her article here (originally…

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Meet the Western Charlatans Justifying Jihad

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Time 2 Split (2012) Fabrice Bracq

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