She and her colleagues gave me an introduction to the library’s history, collections, services and activities, which was followed by a tour of the reading room, the rare books and manuscripts sections, and the library’s digitisation facilities. The impressive building with a spacious, bright a...
These wooden effigies (votives) depicting 'praying' human figures were used for worship and protection. They adorned rooftops, shrines, well springs, bridges and cross roads where they paid homage to Masta, Birabo, Ban Jhankri and other mountain gods that could control weather and harvests. ...
human rights, equality, the individual, the subject, democracy, popular sovereignty, social justice, rationality – in a way that acknowledges the specific context of their origins and subjects them to sustained interrogation and critique rather than merely turning them on their head. Central to this...
It’s—you know, for me, like—it’s kind of hard to talk to somebody about a struggle that they were not experiencing themselves, and I think also just as an adoptee, like, part of me just wanted to protect my parents from, like, what I was experiencing. And so—so I didn’t ...
It’s a constant reminder of how incredible human nature can be and often a very effective mirror to remind us just how small our own problems are in comparison. For me, the most important thing and factor that makes working here so amazing is the huge impact we can have on people’s ...
Human, Space, Time and Human feels like Ki-duk has gone too deep into the abyss, creating a piece of work that feels repulsive and shallow, with little other ambition than to shock the audience watching it. The plot is equal parts baffling and painfully obvious in its intentions. ...
"I was bit by a snake when I was in Ft. Irwin California. They had to fly me to Victorville for Anti-Venom shots. Yeah, not so wonderful time." - John Peck Giraffe jose-leon-satc0bryobm-unsplash Giraffe "I was bitten by a Giraffe at the zoo that [BLEEP] hurt!" - Mike Cundiff...
Wang Zhichun, 48, raises pigs, cows and sheep in his newly-built pen in a village near the city of Ulanhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. China to fund Bangladesh for 9th friendship bridge China will fund Bangladesh for construction of the ninth Bangladesh-China Friendship...
Shafiei, who was born and raised in Karaj, near Tehran, found her passion for motorcycling at the age of 15 while on holiday with her family in Zanjan province. “There was this young woman in a village there who rode a 125cc urban motorbike to travel between houses, like one used by...
Session 77: S5-13:Human Capital InvestmentJuly 1, 2023 13:00 to 14:30Location: A502 Building JianHua Session Chair: Huihua Xie, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Session type: contributed Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, Son Preference, and Fertility Restrictions: A Tale of Birth...