Things that are different: Life and Science in the city of Harbin
(I didn’t actually see this sign, which I got via Shelley, but I put it up because my talk later today will actually break rule number…
Read articleWalrus article provides a good, albeit, pessimistic context on the general mess that is Africa
Africa is a mess and it’s not going to get better any time soon. That’s the awful truth that’s so hard to face — or to…
Read articleConversazioni: The Future of National Identity
Some big guns making an appearance at an event at the Chan Centre this coming Friday and Saturday. And best of all, it would appear that…
Read articleTHE SLEEPY GIRLS OF LA DUN LOO
La la la, dun…dun…dun, loo, loo, loooooooo. That was all she remembered from the song; a song sung to sleepy girls with black hair, black eyes,…
Read articleALL ROADS LEAD TO GRAND FORKS: A GLOBAL CITY IN ITS OWN RIGHT
Far from the bustle of BC’s lower mainland, and tucked away between the Kootenay and Okanagan regions, and occupying the peripheral milieu of Crowsnest Highway 3,…
Read articleChildren and War: Modern Transitions of Violence
Vast changes in warfare have transformed the recent narratives of human conflict and violence. While we generally think of the advent of nuclear technology as the…
Read articleDAY 87
Jared and the dog stared each other down. Between them, the glass door was smeared with paw prints. Jared held his surgical mask in his hand.…
Read articleNOTES AND THOUGHTS: A CONGEALMENT
I. I DO NOT THINK THEY WILL SING TO ME Once Geryon had gone with his fourth-grade class to view a pair of beluga whales newly…
Read articleBehind the Scenes of my “New” Used Jeans
My most recent acquisition is a pair of used Levi’s jeans, made in Mexico of 100% cotton. The housing co-op where I live has a ‘free…
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DISCOVERING ETHNOCENTRISM
By Elizabeth Vossen,
It’s hot. I’m dirty. I stink. Despite my low level of hygiene, I feel good. I’ve just successfully crossed the Cambodian boarder into Vietnam. I’ve been…
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