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Perspective of a Seeker (a Patheos.com blog)
A number of posts dealt with the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne.
Intersections (a Patheos.com blog)
A number of posts dealt with the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne.
Barry Zwartz, "Sun setting on the West's dominance (on the Parliament of the World's Religions)," The Age (Dec. 9, 2009)
Mostly deals with the "Accord of Civilizations" panel I saw.
Christopher Landau, "Faiths meet to build ties across religious divides," BBC News (Dec. 8, 2009)
This guy (Christopher Landau, the journalist who wrote this piece) gave an interesting presentation himself on religion and the media.
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Facial expressions 'not global'
I think the title is a little misleading. Apparently, while basic facial expressions ARE global, there are culturally specific ways of interpreting them. (This is a subtle, but real distinction.) In Asia, people tend to concentrate primarily on the eyes when interpreting facial expressions, while in the west, people scan the entire face.
John Gray: A shattering moment in America's fall from power | Comment is free | The Observer
Thoughts on the broader meaning of the U.S. financial meltdown.
"What the World Eats": a week's food for families around the globe
Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio travelled around the world and documented, in writing and photos, the diets of 24 families in different locations. For some reason the first one on the list here, showing a family in a refugee camp in Chad, didn't clip.
YaleGlobal Online Magazine
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The official organ of Yale's Center for the Study of Globalization. Highly recommended by Strobe Talbott in his 1-4-2008 talk at Politics and Prose.
- nathanrein on 2008-01-06
Environmental degradation and geopolitical conflict
A classic (1991) article assessing the likelihood that environmental degradation will be a primary driver of acute violent conflict globally in the coming century. Quite sobering.
AlterNet: WorkPlace: Clinton Economists: A Storm Is Coming
Rob Rubin has second thoughts about globalization.
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