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”.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Opening the dark recesses of Sofia City Gallery

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The special exhibitions of Sofia City Art Gallery play an important role in Bulgaria in bringing together the paintings of people like Dobr...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Taking on the system - credit where credit is due

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I try to avoid references in this blog to personalities and „hot” news and issues – whether DSK, the Arab risings, Wikileaks, the financial ...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

What are public admin scholars up to?

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I don't want to offend - but this is a 16th Century Albrecht Durer sketch - which seems quite appropriate for the theme. Strange bu...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Speaking truth to power

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The last session of the NISPAcee Conference on Saturday afternoon came back to the Conference theme of Public Administration of the Future ...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Reflections on an intellectual network

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NISPAcee has played an interesting role in monitoring and encouraging institution-building in central and eastern europe these last 18 years...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Conference frustrations

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When you’re a blogger and at a Conference, you are supposed to move into a higher gear. All the chats and adrenalin etc But the NISPAcee Con...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Hungary's repressive state

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I’ve mentioned the Hungarian Specrum blog several times already. If ever a blog deserved a prize, it’s this one – for its consistent and det...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

laboratory of education and health change

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Hats off to the mayor of sector 1 Bucharest! Thanks to the municipality scheme, we were able to pick up 2 bikes at 11.00 Sunday morning – co...
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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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