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”.

Thursday, August 31, 2017

"Common Endeavour"

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Up at 1,350 metres, the season’s changes are quite noticeable. August 15 th is known as St Mary’s day in this part of the world and as th...

Sunday, August 27, 2017

A Political Economy Thriller

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Yanis Varoufakis is like the treacly spread product Marmite – which people either love or hate – there seems no compromise between the tw...

Friday, August 25, 2017

"Bridge of Friendship" interview

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I’m “chuffed” at being the focus of a long interview published this week by a young Bulgarian journalist – on a bi-lingual venture called...

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Stories

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I’m not a great reader of novels – the interactions and fate of fictitious characters pale against those of the real people I find in hist...

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

In Praise of Journalists

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A “journalistic scrum” has become a sign of the times – reflecting globalization; the 24 hours new cycle; the merging of news-collecting w...

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Thinking Institutionally

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A little book has been engaging my thoughts this past week – On Thinking Institutionally – published a decade ago by Hugh Heclo, now a ...

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Confessions of a Greenish Localist

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Cards on the table? For most of my life I’ve been a “mugwump” – with my mug on one side of the fence and my wump on the other. Hiding insi...

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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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