Posts
An invitation to give a lecture at the Central Dept. of Anthropology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, on the topic of indigenous people, human rights, and political activism.
On the public consultations conducted as part of preparing the EIA for the proposed Nalgad Hydropower Project in Nepal. Public consultation is a key element in the EIA process, necessary to present the proposed project, gather data, and, perhaps most importantly, to involve the local people.
A comment on the ongoing session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2017 in Davos, Switzerland.
Misrepresentation of cultures, romanticizing old cultural traits, and presenting them as reality, and how this lead to stereotyping both at the level of cultural wholes and at the level of individuals.
Many assume that Christmas is a global phenomenon, while a fraction of humanity belong in the Judeo-Christian religious tradition. That Christmas customs are globalized means nothing.
Leonard Cohen – verbal and visual words of remembrance on the occasion of his passing in November 2016. (This is article no. 3 of 3.)
Leonard Cohen – some verbal and visual words of remembrance on the occasion of his passing in November 2016. (This is article no. 2 of 3 articles.)
Leonard Cohen – some verbal and visual words of remembrance on the occasion of his passing in November 2016. (This is article no. 1 of 3 articles.)
This article presents the regional background to the Bulgarian Monitoring and Evaluation Network. It also planned activities, and invites persons and networks to connect and collaborate.
My grape harvest this year makes me ponder how to get the message of climate change across. My vote goes to Montaigne and his incisive analyses of everyday life.
