Back in 2007 I was happy to report on Nurri Kim’s fascinating photos of blue tarps in Tokyo, but not as happy as I am today to announce the publication of her new book, Tokyo Blues.
“Now available for purchase or free download, Tokyo Blues is a photographic record of Nurri Kim’s 2002-2003 investigation into this [...]
We arrived in Wellington three weeks ago, and have been non-stop busy adjusting to a new city, a new job and a new home. It still startles me to wake up to this view every morning, but I’m not complaining!
There’s so much to note about life on this remote and beautiful island nation that I [...]
In The Gift of Good Land, Wendell Berry wrote: “Concerned as he is that the usable be put to use, that there be no waste, still there is nothing utilitarian or mechanistic about Mr. Lapp’s farm–or his mind. His aim it seems, is not that the place should be put to the fullest use, but [...]
I recently learned of University of Chicago PhD student Eli Thorkelson’s blog, Decasia: Critique of Academic Culture and it is wonderful to read.
Eli’s PhD project comprises an anthropological analysis of university culture, and he’s also looking at the socialisation of graduate students. I remember being told as a Master’s student that it was not [...]
The Reinvention of Everyday Life: Culture in the twenty-first century. Edited by Howard McNaughton and Adam Lam (2006). Christchurch NZ: Canterbury University Press. 264 pp. ISBN 1-877257-48-6
Reviewed by Niamh Hennessy, York University
This is an interesting and provocative collection of stories, commentaries and reviews that offer a series of meditations on the transformations of everyday life [...]