Peripheral Vision

a celebration of intellectual trespassing by a retired "social scientist" as he tries to make sense of the world..... Gillian Tett puts it rather nicely in her 2021 book “Anthro-Vision” - “We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision”.

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Friday, May 10, 2019

Scotus Viator

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Robert Seton-Watson was a Scot who, in the early part of the 20th century, helped shape central Europe – in the very literal sense that his...

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Balkan perceptions

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I’ve been quiet this past week simply because I’ve been wrapped up in what I hoped would be the final stages of completing the new book ...

Friday, July 8, 2011

Balkan mistrust

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Summer seems to have dawned at last – with 40 expected in the plains of Bucharest and 31 here in Sofia rising to 33 Monday. I should then...

Friday, June 17, 2011

Telling it as it is

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To my shame, I first heard of Eduardo Galeano only two years ago when he presented his Open Veins of Latin America – five centuries of th...

Thursday, August 19, 2010

more Transylvanian and Balkan flavour?

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The title of this blog is Carpathian Musings since I am now based here in this marvellous mountain range – in its southern sweep in Romania...

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nomadron: Bran-Rucar corridor, Carpathian mountains..., Romania; Can be contacted at bakuron2003@yahoo.co.uk Political refugee from Thatcher's Britain (or rather Scotland) who has been on the move since 1991. First in central Europe - then from 1999 Central Asia and Caucasus. Working on EU projects - related to building capacity of local and central government. Home base is an old house in the Carpathian mountains

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