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”.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

onward march of banks

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This will be the last blog for a week or so - since we are off to Bulgaria without the laptop. I leave with one question - what exactly is t...

Saturday, July 17, 2010

death and life

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A suicide of a 43 year-old Romanian modern folk singer at 02.00 on 14 July has dominated the television and newspapers here. Madalina Mano...

Friday, July 16, 2010

Trouble in small countries

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Many people (including myself) see small countries as hopes for civilisation. One of my blogs summarised the powerful arguments of Leopold...

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

end of the party

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There is an unedifying contest going on at the moment in political Britain - namely which of the ex-New Labour Government Ministers can sa...

body checks

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More body checks yesterday - but this time, my own body! I've never had the tests older people now take for cancer so decided it was abo...

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

romanian drivers

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Having driven around Europe April-June - through nine countries - (and experienced the habits of caucasian and central asian drivers) I thin...

Sunday, July 11, 2010

good speech

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An interesting post from Colin Talbot's blog - key sections of a speech he delivered in Beijing at a Conference on PAR,

Saturday, July 10, 2010

intellectual repairs

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The cloud has just now lifted from the tops of Piatra Crauilui mountain range at the back of the house - where it seems to have been ensconc...

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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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