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The Day I Discovered My Ancestor was a Slave Owner – Byline Times
William Tryon Stephen Colegrave uncovers a family secret and realises how easy it is to whitewash our slavery roots. My family is proud of its history. As a child, my two maiden great aunts mixed up the centuries as they … Continue reading
Group Urges Atlantic Seafloor be Labeled a Memorial to Slave Trading
BEAUFORT, N.C. – Before deep-sea mining begins on the seafloor in international waters of the Atlantic Basin, a group of scholars is suggesting that a portion of the seabed be marked on maps and charts as a virtual memorial to … Continue reading
Shaped Using Precisely Cut Maps, Nikki Rosato’s Busts and Portraits Connect Place, Memory, and Identity
Through mesh busts and delicate portraits, Nikki Rosato visualizes the connections between place and identity. The Washington, D.C.-based artist carves out the multi-colored highways and back roads from common maps, leaving the distances and spatial markings intact. She then shapes the … Continue reading
We the People: Artist Nari Ward | The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Artist Nari Ward works with teens in the ICA’s Teen Arts Council to install his monumental artwork “We the People,” created from thousands of shoelaces.
Are We Reaching Further To Connect While Missing Out On Life Around Us? Your Mobile Phone: Friend Or Foe?
On Their Own Travel and Documentary Photographer Bharat Patel is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Mobile Dependence’. Busy Busy These series of images of people were taken at bus stops as they … Continue reading
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Whale Tail Sculpture Conveniently Stops a Wayward Rotterdam Train From Going Completely off the Rails | Laughing Squid
A local commuter train in the suburban Rotterdam in The Netherlands was narrowly stopped from going completely off the rails at the De Akkers metro station and dropping 10 meters (32.8 feet) to the ground below by a conveniently placed “Whale … Continue reading
A Carved Graphite Train on Tracks Emerges from Inside a Carpenter’s Pencil
We’ve seen a number of artists working with pencil leads over the last few years, where the narrow dimensions of graphite are carved into minuscule objects. This recent piece by Nebraska-based artist Cindy Chinn is particularly ingenious, an entire carpenter’s … Continue reading
Five questions about the mutations in the coronavirus in Danish mink | tellerreport.com
Denmark has discovered a new mutant strain of the coronavirus derived from mink farms in the north of the country. The Danish authorities fear that this mutated virus could make a future corona vaccine less effective for humans. As a … Continue reading
How Britain Stole $45 Trillion from India with Trains | Empires of Dirt
There is a misguided idea that India should be grateful for the democracy, law and trains that the British Empire brought to their country. But along with these ‘gifts’, Britain also stole $45 trillion from India during its long and … Continue reading
