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”.

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

A Salute to exemplary writing

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Charles Handy has been one of the few writers who has really touched and inspired me on my journey of the past 40 odd years. The first book...

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Whatever happened to Rationality?

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I was deeply affected by the “rationalistic turn” in the social sciences which coincided with my University days from 1960-64. My initial fi...

Monday, October 4, 2021

Focus on what;s important

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Exactly ten years ago I presented a paper at the Black Sea resort of Varna to the NISPAcee annual Conference (Network of Institutes and Scho...

Sunday, October 3, 2021

Yes, Minister

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Not so long ago, I spent almost a decade of my life on “civil service reform” in countries ruled until 1989 by communist parties which brook...

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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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