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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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View fullsize The grave marker of Adele Brise in Champion near Door County.. composed in Walloon, related to French and still spoken in southern Belgium

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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china

The Coming Digital Transparency

February 15, 2024
Tags: Japan, books, bookstore, china, google, translation, cell phone

A Chinese Dragon

May 18, 2023
Tags: museum, interpretation, history, china, creationism, fundamentalism

The Shining City

February 04, 2022
Tags: expo, china, city, modernity, technology, individualism, skyscraper, skyline, future

Smart Life

February 04, 2022
Tags: expo, china, technology, surveillance, lifestyle, sign

On Mars

February 04, 2022
Tags: expo, china, Mars, space exploration, globalization, screens, nation, story

A Traditional Landscape

February 03, 2022
Tags: expo, landscape, china, nature, art, modernity

Speaking Directly

February 03, 2022
Tags: expo, dubai, china, innovation, globalization, nation

The Red Lantern Pavilion

February 03, 2022
Tags: expo, china, design, nation, identity
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Express to Touba

February 08, 2019
Tags: Senegal, road, BRI, globalization, china
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Another Popular Project

December 21, 2018
Tags: Senegal, china, exercise, pro sports, globalization
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Black Civilizations

December 17, 2018
Tags: museum, Senegal, china, city

Feng Shui Compass

February 11, 2017
Tags: museum, china, landscape, place, tool

Digitally Along the River During the Qingming Festival

January 29, 2017
Tags: museum, technology, place, art, china

Scholars and Society

January 24, 2017
Tags: china, museum, authority, clothing, symbols