Category Archives: General

Originally posted on Tokyobling's Blog:
Cafe culture started in Japan in 1911, when a few cafes opened up in Tokyo’s fashionable Ginza district. Of these the oldest still in operation is the Cafe Paulista (Paulista coming from Sao Paulo…

Originally posted on Tossing off the Bowlines:
AP photo of Haitian immigrants checking job sheets in Brasilia, Brazil. The doorman/guard at our local sushi restaurant is a Haitian named Jean. He speaks French and English, and is learning Portuguese through…

Originally posted on Japan: Shining a Light on the Land of the Rising Sun:
Next up on the Research Series, Alexandra Pullano, our Co-Project Coordinator, explores the dimensions and impacts of migration on the community and identity of Japanese-Brazilians. [Research…

Originally posted on Global Wellbeing Lab:
Global Wellbeing Lab 2.0 participant Pedro Diniz shares a gorgeous video about his organization’s pioneering research and work in Agroforestry in Brazil. Agenda Gotsch apresenta Agrofloresta em Grande Escala – Fazenda da Toca from…

Originally posted on The New World Lusophone Sousaphone:
Topic: Verticalization of the Shantytowns: Where? Theme: Federal My House, My Life Program Source: GGN Sabetai Calderoni is an urban planner, economist and member of the Superior Council on the Environment at Fiesp.…

Originally posted on Longreads:
In a piece for the Financial Times John Paul Rathbone wrote about the murder of Glauco Villas Boas, one of Brazil’s best-known cartoonists. Glauco was a leader of the Céu de Maria church, one of the many churches in Brazil that…

Originally posted on Universal Journal Review:
New York Post: There’s a set of biracial twins in the UK who are turning heads because one is black and the other is white. Born in 1997 to a white father and a…

Originally posted on Vreal Publications:
As New Orleans rounds up their celebrations on Mardi Gras so does the rest of the Caribbean, and South American countries who celebrated carnival through out the month of February. From colorful parades by day,…