Kin Wai Michael Siu, Culture and Design: A New Burial Concept in a Densely Populated Metropolitan Area (pdf)
“[T]he research findings indicated that current burial policy and methods cannot satisfy the cultural needs and preferences of the people Hong Kong. In particular, the so-called better policy — cremation — is not a sustainable solution for Hong […]
Thanks to Anne and rhizome.org, I was reminded about the CATH conference on Virtuality and Indexicality. I had seen it and lamented not being able to be there and at Sinues of the Present in Montreal. Yes, I eke out a meagre intellectual life on the crumbs found in old conference programmes, […]
I walk out the front door and in 1 1/2 blocks I’m across the street from Dundonald Park. A small memorial marks its quietly dramatic Cold War history and I consider stopping in The Beer Store. On a related note, I don’t know which came first in the park: the pleasant-enough drunks and […]
Few things about the prairies are as beautiful to me as the canola fields in bloom. But my favourite places in the Alberta landscape spread out from the edges of the prairie - from the foothills up to places like Morraine Lake and the Columbia Icefields, and down to the badlands and desert. […]
When I moved to Edmonton, what I needed was a concierge. There’s lots that OK in Edmonton Alberta and great jobs, schools and universities. But oddly, the city doesn’t promote what I think are its best attractions, from the point of view of someone with a small child, and I’ll add its most interesting […]