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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Sunday, November 14, 2021

Bulgaria flies under the radar

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Bulgaria may be a popular holiday destination – for both snow AND sand – but remains a bit of a mystery for Europeans, not least for its Cyr...

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Challenge to Rule of Law in Europe

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2004 saw 10 new member countries admitted to the European Union. Just 2 countries were judged not sufficiently ready – Bulgaria and Romania ...

Saturday, May 8, 2021

How does a country go about constructing a hopeful future?

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It’s been fashionable recently to write about how countries fail – but the challenge of finding countries which have put together a winnin...

Friday, September 18, 2020

Crowds and Power in Sofia and Bucharest - III

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How, 30 years on, is post-communism doing? I’ve been living in Bulgaria and Romania since 2007 – for a decade I enjoyed crossing the Dan...

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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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