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We May Never Truly Fathom Other Cultures
Our discrete cultural universes are not easily bridged.Inca Princess – La Gran Ñusta Mama Occollo (early 1800s) / Denver Art Museum If they’re honest and humble enough, people who study societies that existed in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans … Continue reading
Suffragette City: The fight for equality through the eyes of Suffragettes-Museum Crush
In today’s society, both men and women are part of the democratic process. The act of voting is so ingrained into our culture that many simply do not bother to vote at all. Hundreds of years ago, equality was a … Continue reading
Amazon farmers discovered the secret of domesticating wild rice 4,000 years ago – ScienceBlog.com
Amazonian farmers discovered how to manipulate wild rice so the plants could provide more food 4,000 years ago, long before Europeans colonised America, archaeologists have … Read more Source: Amazon farmers discovered the secret of domesticating wild rice 4,000 years … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, comparison, Culture, food, history, Life, Politics, science, South America, Technology
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Best Prince Quotes: ‘No One Can Dictate Who You Are’ — CBS MiamiCBS Miami
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MINNESOTA (WCCO) — After learning of the sad news that recording artist Prince has passed away at the age of 57, many can take solace in the fact that his music and his words will … Continue reading
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People of Nowhere
https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/144857118 International Migrants Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Migrants_Day
Posted in Conflict, European, Film, General, History, Middle East, Politics
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Roots of Capoeira Crowd Funding Appeal
Help them out here Angolan Roots of Capoeira
Posted in Africa, Art, Brazil, Conflict, Dance, Drumming, Film, Finance, History, Music, Percussion
Tagged Africa, Art, Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, Choreography, comparison, creatives, Culture, dance, drum, film, history, photography, rhythm, spirituality, Technology
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Saving Ancoats Hospital
Saving ancoats hospital from Tom Turner on Vimeo.
Posted in Film, History, Manchester, Politics, urban
Tagged community, comparison, construction, demographics, film, Manchester, Metropolis, Politics, protest, Technology, Urban
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Time Team: the only true ‘reality’ show
Originally posted on Francis Pryor – In the Long Run:
Let’s start with a simple question: what is reality? Being an archaeologist, I like old things; so I turned to my copy of that first dictionary of the English language,…
The Tunnels of Cu Chi (Militarized Architectures)
Originally posted on WANDERLUST:
The Tunnels of Cu Chi is a book written by Tom Mangold & John Penycate in 1985 focusing on a specific aspect of the Vietnam war which lead the U.S. Army to loose it. The technological…
