Category Archives: General

Originally posted on regionalperspectives:
Recent disputes between Brazil and Argentina shed light on the current progress of regional integration in South America.  At the beginning of the month, Argentina suspended the licenses of the Argentine subsidiary of Petrobras, the Brazilian…

Originally posted on Modernworldtown:
I’m going to delve into the past a little bit today. This blog is mainly to analyze current music trends, I know, but I just finished writing a paper on Bossa Nova for my Brazilian Culture…

Originally posted on Americas South and North:
-In a case of taking veritas in the theatre too far, a Brazilian actor portraying Judas in a passion play in Brazil is in a medically-induced coma after nearly strangling himself to death while…

Manchester grows, a set on Flickr. First forays into Instagram filters…

Originally posted on WANDERLUST:
I had an idea. I will make a toothpick. From a tree, by hand. * Artist’s statement (letter of intention, January 2011). The starting point for Wannes Goetschalckx’s Toothpick Project, was an immense poplar installed at…

Originally posted on WANDERLUST:
“A young monk came to live in the monastery where Ajahn Chah was practicing. The people who lived in the town outside the monastery were holding a series of festivals in which they sang and danced…

Originally posted on Sloucher.org:
Sometimes I find the connections a bit too overwhelming. Six degrees of separation and all that. Back in the early 80s, I had returned from working in Casablanca to Manchester, and I got involved in…