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”.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

com-panion-ship - sharing bread

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I can’t leave Sofia without my thanks to my great hosts and friends. But it’s invidious to mention them now since I wouldn’t know who to put...
Monday, February 7, 2011

Back to the serious stuff

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I’ve been indulging myself during the past 2 weeks – both in my activities here in Sofia and the blogposts which have followed them. Time to...
Sunday, February 6, 2011

How technology enrages - a great post on the current unrest

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Good old BBC! Paul Mason of BBC had yesterday one of the best posts I have ever read on a blog. It put down some random thoughts he had ab...

In praise of Sofia

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One of my readers was shocked that I was contemplating „leaving Romania” – if only for an 18 month project in Serbia or Bulgaria. As long a...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

labour of love

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I made a comment recently about how Sofia could market itself as an art city – and now find myself working on an idea to produce a small bo...
Friday, February 4, 2011

case study in sustainability

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The EU project I spoke about yesterday was supposed (in the jargon) to „develop the capacity of the Institute of Public Administration to d...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

Revisiting the scene of the crime

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The biting cold continues – just as well I have friends who know the good Rakis (or are prepared to share their home elixir) and that there...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

paintings and books - what else?

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An early and cold trip across Sofia to Central Forum Hotel - first by tram to the centre, then by foot to catch a 5 tram down Makedonia Bv...
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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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