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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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Appleton close to the shortest day of the year..

What I’m reading,
Nov & Dec 2024:

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UNESCO

Some History Here

February 13, 2022
Tags: expo, history, Saudi Arabia, architecture, UNESCO, nation
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A Bird Sanctuary

November 28, 2020
Tags: Senegal, UNESCO, nature, preservation, river, birds, sign, national parks
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National Heritage Site

June 08, 2019
Tags: South Africa, preservation, neighborhoods, sign, UNESCO
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Gateway to Robben Island

April 06, 2019
Tags: South Africa, UNESCO, harbor, prison, islands, design, consumerism
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At the Waterfront

April 05, 2019
Tags: South Africa, statue, public art, Nobel Prize, nation, UNESCO
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Preserving a Colonial City

January 26, 2019
Tags: Senegal, city, colonialism, statue, UNESCO, preservation
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The Rupture

January 06, 2019
Tags: Senegal, monunent, slaves, UNESCO
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The Terrible Story

December 30, 2018
Tags: Senegal, slaves, story, UNESCO, injustice
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The Work of World Heritage

December 30, 2018
Tags: Senegal, UNESCO, pilgrimage, symbols, islands
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Bach and Prokofiev

March 01, 2018
Tags: theater, syria, russia, sacred space, UNESCO, music, Roman
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Profaning the Theater

February 24, 2018
Tags: theater, human rights, United Nations, sacred space, violence, UNESCO, monunent, secularism, syria, Roman
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World Heritage and Human Identity

February 22, 2018
Tags: preservation, UNESCO, syria, ruins, identity, nation
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Layers of Meaning

August 30, 2017
Tags: temple, inca, tourism, UNESCO, church