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Nomad's Land: June 2007
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The Value of a Radio in the Desert. A temporary tent (click to see the whole photo, the blog crops a bit). The other day, I came across a discussion about humbling experiences, and began in my head to list mine. I thought of a few, and some more popped up, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this year has been an endless stream of humbling experiences. Of course I would. "And you would feed us, would you not? He paused to cough, and to light a cigarette, and continued, "After you le...
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Nomad's Land: Tear gas and Sustainable Tourism?
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Tear gas and Sustainable Tourism? I hadn't planned on beginning this post with a rant, but rant, it seems, I must. The subject of my rant is a bit dated, but I feel all the more justified in ranting about it, as my anger has not subsided in the weeks since the event. Our story begins next to the river Niger, in the town of Segou. The setting is a music festival. According to Mamou. The word sustainable remains, in my naive world, a very powerful concept, but in most other areas of life, like Daffe's.
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Nomad's Land: Wrestling Power
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This poster says "A citizen president facing professional politicians." The BBC lowdown on this particular candidate mentions more about traditional Senegalese wrestling than politics. They quote him as wanting "to wrestle power from the hands of traditional politicians.". Posted by Emilia Tjernström. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. 80 Years and Still Running. Tear gas and Sustainable Tourism? Moxie's Mutterings and Wanderings. Weather in San Jose, Costa Rica.
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Nomad's Land: Des visages, des figures
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Des visages, des figures. Posted by Emilia Tjernström. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Des visages, des figures. Moxie's Mutterings and Wanderings. Weather in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Watson Foundation (rocks). Savants of the Sea (06-07).
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Nomad's Land: Final Watson Report
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This is my final Watson report. This does not mean the stories are over, but it is a much-too-brief summary of so many experiences. During much of my time in Mongolia, I traversed landscapes that defied the concept of time as I knew it. I often felt immersed in an ancient drama of isolation and distance, and to the people I lived with, this was their life. This year has made me recognize that it is not only economic dogmas and ideologies that thwart aid efforts. The slightest flaw in one’s unde...I set o...
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Nomad's Land: 80 Years and Still Running
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80 Years and Still Running. Passing through Senegal on my way to Mauritania, late trains (to say the least - more than 60 hours behind schedule! And elections kept me longer than planned. The border with Mauritania was closed during election day, so I could not leave, and stayed in St. Louis, a little colonial town in northern Senegal. Saw the ocean, trudged through every street on St Louis' island at least seven times, and observed a sleepy town's reaction to the presidential elections. Idy's real name ...
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Nomad's Land: March 2007
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Desert nights are humbling, with the depth of the sky and the grace of the stars and the spread of the horizon. On such a night, a few weeks and a continent ago, I sat wrapped in a blanket, talking to Abdullah, a Tamashek fraction leader. We sat by a deep hole in the ground, that volunteers from the surrounding families were trying to turn into a well, on Abdullah's initiative. Posted by Emilia Tjernström. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Moxie's Mutterings and Wanderings.
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Nomad's Land: September 2007
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This is my final Watson report. This does not mean the stories are over, but it is a much-too-brief summary of so many experiences. During much of my time in Mongolia, I traversed landscapes that defied the concept of time as I knew it. I often felt immersed in an ancient drama of isolation and distance, and to the people I lived with, this was their life. This year has made me recognize that it is not only economic dogmas and ideologies that thwart aid efforts. The slightest flaw in one’s unde...I set o...
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Nomad's Land: May 2007
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An Idea I wish I'd had. Photographer Michael David Murphy creates a brilliant patchwork by capturing moments never caught on film at his site UNphotographable. The way he puts it, " Unphotographable. Is a catalog of exceptional mistakes. Photos never taken that weren't meant to be forgotten. Opportunities missed. Simple failures. Occasions when I wished I'd taken the picture, or not forgotten the camera, or had been brave enough to click the shutter.". Posted by Emilia Tjernström. View my complete profile.
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Nomad's Land: I Found Europe in Dakar
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I Found Europe in Dakar. Europe, and its supposed mid-life crisis has been a popular press topic as of late. I have observed in-depth features and lengthy articles in the output of as widely disparate media as the BBC, the Economist, and Al-Jazeera. Where is Europe heading? And What does it mean to be European? Seem to be the questions of the day, and with the French elections around the corner, the debate is unlikely to quiet down anytime soon. I came across groupings of young white people, stumbling no...
