Vital Diplomacy

Vital DiplomacyIn Brazil, where forest meets savanna, new towns, agribusiness and hydroelectric plants form a patchwork with the indigenous territories. Here, agricultural work, fishing, songs, feasts and exchanges occupy the Enawen naw for eight months of each year during a season called Yankwa. Vital Diplomacy focuses on this major ceremonial cycle to shed new light on classic Amazonian themes such as kinship, gender, manioc cultivation and cuisine, relations with

and new media records (blogs

Rachel Arbuthnot

Through its thematic organization

Hiroshima claims a crucial yet neglected place in the psychic terrain of our individual and collective memories

and current developments in relation to some of the most advanced technologies in the 21st century

A stunning photographic compilation of Egypt’s abandoned palaces and grand buildings

Written under his pseudonym “Tom Collins

Dracula’s Guest compiles nine works of short fiction by Bram Stoker

along with other themes characteristic of his metaphysics

Gadamer argues that understanding that one is socially and historically situated does not mean believing that one is fated to simply repeat traditional ideas without critique or modification-a concern frequently raised in response to critiques of Enlightenment epistemology

A walk through the “ornamental forest” founded by Karl Maximilian Count of Ostein (1735–1809) gives you the pleasure of enjoying the nature of a forest rich in species and views of the Rhine valley

Tasked with finding rare Aepyornis eggs