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Brazil: ‘there’s a surprise around every corner’
Carnival parades and spiritualists, ayahuasca ceremonies and barbecue restaurants … Brazil is a constant source of fascination http://thelifeofourtimes.com/2016/05/16/brazil-theres-a-surprise-around-every-corner/
Thoughts on the Immediate Fallout of Dilma’s Removal
As many by now know, last week, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff was temporarily removed from office to face trial and impeachment over allegations of corruption for budgetary maneuvers that her defenders argue were legal at the time. Of course, the … Continue reading
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The liberating power of lunacy
The carnaval in Limburg is this time of the year when in the southernmost province of the Netherlands, normal everyday life steps back for absolute madness. Alaaaaaaaf! The Dutch, otherwise people with quite practical attitude to life have several days … Continue reading
Burgess on Translation
Translation is not a matter of words only: it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. — Anthony Burgess http://justinehouyaux.com/2016/05/16/burgess-on-translation/
Pikachu’s Everywhere.
If you’re a fan of Pokemon then you’re going to be really excited to hear that Pikachus invaded Seoul’s Dongdaemun Design Plaza after their recent success at the Pikachu festival in Japan’s second-largest city, Yokohama. http://derwombat.net/2016/05/14/pikachu-festival/
Manchester University living wage dispute talks ‘progressing’
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Unison say talks are ‘progressing’ in a dispute between catering staff at The University of Manchester and the company who employs them. Last month University of Manchester Conferences ltd (UMC), the subsidiary company who run…
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Peripheries in motion: Change and continuity in Brazil’s marginalised urban territories during the PT era
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A political debate in the Fazenda da Juta neighbourhood on São Paulo’s eastern periphery ? It’s a cool late-April evening in São Paulo and locals have packed out the União da Juta community centre in the…
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