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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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Pursuing ones passions

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For some time, I’ve been fascinated that my most popular post by far is the one from a year ago entitled " adversarial and consensual s...

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

An opportunity to catch up

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I will probably be out of access to the internet for the next few days – so please take the opportunity to check back on recent posts – mos...

Leaders of change

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New readers should note that this blog is a great resource for those concerned about the apparent collapse of key elements of our core syste...

Monday, November 7, 2011

Public Interest - how innocent we were

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One of the really difficult things for people of my generation is to come to terms with is how venal our legislative and legal systems have ...

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

In praise of mugwumps

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I think I stumbled on an important general insight yesterday when I said that most of my written work is done as a non-specialist, an outsi...

Thursday, January 13, 2011

autobiographies

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A cold mist surrounded the house in the early part of the morning – but, as it slowly lifted, a wondrous sight was beholden. Each tree near...

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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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