This island of the realm of Korinthia is a busy port in the wine-dark sea. Take time to wander its alleys and bazaars, and linger in one of its many taverns. Another ship will be ready when you wish to continue your journey. #travel#historyhttps://cromwell-intl.com/travel/greece/paros.html?s=mc
Here is where he was born, the remains of the palace in Tilaurakot, where he was raised, & the east gate of the palace from where he left to seek enlightenment.
(How I had ended up here, a few months ago, is for another day.)
Wow,
As a fan of both Isotype and Marie Neurath’s work and Herbert Bayer’s World geo-graphic atlas it is a bit weird and disappointing to read how the latter plagiarized the former! Article from 2017 by Eric Kindel.
'The rediscovery of a long-forgotten slave narrative would be notable enough. But this one, scholars who have seen it say, is unique for its global perspective and its uncensored fury, from a man living far outside the trans-Atlantic network of white abolitionists who often limited what the formerly enslaved could write about their experiences.'
@researchbuzz Wow. It’s so crazy how white people have erased who we really are from history. And, just as important, who white people are. Black people have clearly been saying the same thing we’re saying now for centuries. All the silencing of us leads us straight to today. Thanks for this.❤️ I know I feel like this man and that we have very much in common.
@StillIRise1963 I was thinking this morning that pride in the deeds of one's ancestors without shame at their mistakes is just propaganda. Looking at it from that perspective I understand better cultural propaganda but also the idea of propaganda as simply history without empathy.
Learned something fascinating from the Återskapat #podcast. Amica Sundström and Maria Neijman have activated a major #Medieval source material that nobody seems to have touched before. There is no mention of it in the bibliographical databases. The huge KLNM encyclopedia has a single sentence about it: "Seals were often protected by fabric or leather bags and, towards the end of the Middle Ages, by metal cases" (15:194).
The National Archives in Stockholm hold hundreds of these seal bags. They're made from Medieval fabric that has been kept indoors, in the dark, since they were made. They pretty much retain their original colours! It's a fabric sample archive! With calendar dates!
#OnThisDay, 23 May 1988, four women storm the BBC news studio whilst the news is live on air, protesting the introduction of Section 28. Section 28 banned the “promotion of homosexuality” by local government in the UK, and was intended to stop LGBT+ campaigns for equal rights.
Question for fellow library nerds: I recently found a book from the 70’s which has “Return to Morgue” printed on the side no less than four times.
I’ve see this on correspondence before, but never understood what it meant. Surely they don’t mean an actual morgue (why send a book or letter there?) so I was wondering if this was a library or archivist term.
This particular one is “Investigative Reporting and Exiting” by Paul Williams, which is out of print.
@Haste I could see the writing on the wall for newspapers, pardon the pun. I realized if I taught English in Japan I had a shot at starting my own business and doing journalism and writing on the side. Teaching pays the bills, self-publishing keeps the writing and publishing part of my brain alive. I publish textbooks, essays about Japan and even did two novels!
@patricksherriff That’s really interesting, thank you for sharing your story with me!
I’m actually super early in my career, so no this doesn’t pay the bills and in fact I’m not even seeking employment in it. I make maybe $30 a month via Patreon?
What I’m discovering is that the profession is kind of in free fall. People like me are very much not invited to the table professionally, but Im really passionate about it, so I just write and study it for the love of the art.
Glasgow has a surprising number of quirky little reminders of the past which are all to easily overlooked, like this early 19th Century toll gate post at the junction between Paisely Road and Govan Road.
As Scotland became more industrialised in the 18th Century, both people and goods became increasingly mobile, and with that came the need for a better road network. This came in the form of Turnpikes, new roads which charged tolls for their use.
There are still many reminders of what is known as the turnpike era across Glasgow, mostly in the names of major road junctions, such as Eglington Toll, Paisley Road Toll, but also in terms of old toll buildings and other related structures.
This particular post was part of an old toll gatehouse known Parkhouse Toll which operated turnpike roads between the 1780s and 1888 from Glasgow to Greenock via Govan and to Paisley.