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, February 17, 2020

No-Man’s Land

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Smuggler Watch him when he opens His bulging words – justice Fraternity, freedom, internationalism, peace, peace, peace. Make i...

Sunday, February 16, 2020

Explaining the blog's title

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The blog was ten years old last autumn – making it one of the longest-running (english-speaking) blogs of its kind. It first saw the ligh...

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Links I liked

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I confess that I surf too much and collect too many hyperlinks and excerpted text which I am too lazy to read - let alone post about. The ...

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

In Case you missed this

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Since my subscription for a dedicated website ran out a year ago, I’ve been using the Dropbox facility to supply the URL of any paper I u...

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Neutralising Democracy

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The pensions, special conditions and remuneration of eurocrats serve to insulate them from the general public – making them a breed apart....

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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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