They could see that all the action in our culture came from the worlds of music, video, subcultures, movies, memes, street fashion, cultural movements, blogs, fanfic, curation, YouTube, Instagram, etc. All the best meanings were being made by someone else. Brands wanted in. What if they ...
The eighteenth-century classification came about as a result of linguistic evidence, which linked the native languages of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales to the continental language of the people whom Julius Caesar described as Celtae. The word "Celtic" came originally from the Greeks who, around ...
macaw feathers fromCentral Americaturn up in archaeological sites in northern Arizona. Some Indian tribes in northwestern regions of the United States had possessed horses, originally brought into the Southwest by Spanish explorers, years before they had ever even seen white men. The wide dispersion ...
Just as the Egyptians optimized agricultural production with simple means, their crafts and techniques, many of which originally came from Asia, were raised to extraordinary levels of perfection. The Egyptians’ most striking technical achievement, massive stone building, also exploited the potential of...
Originally published on Medium, January 21, 2020 Recently the marketing team at Twitter put culture at the heart of what they do, in that most precious territory, the value proposition. This is great, I thought. A company as connected and powerful as Twitter using culture to describe what it...
雪沫乳花浮午盏蓼茸蒿笋试春盘Chinese tea culture has a long history.中国的茶文化有着悠久的历史Chinese people enjoy drinking tea.中国人喜欢喝茶Drinking tea is a tradition for the Chinese.喝茶是中国人的一种传统中国茶文化起...
Originally published in 1947, this English translation of Hans Fallada’s German classic offers a bleak glimpse into daily life under the Nazis. Told through…
Kalileh and Demneh is a collection of didactic animal fables, with the jackals Kalileh and Demneh as two of the principal characters. Originally from India (between 500BCE and 100BCE), the fables were translated into many languages, undergoing significant changes in both form and content. In...
This post was originally headed in a different direction. Trader Joe’s made the headlines because of its popular cloth “mini-tote” bags; so popular they were reselling on eBay for $500. That led me to think, America has an obsession with miniatures and let’s make that today’s topic...
I can’t supply attribution for these photos. If you recognize where they came from originally, please let me know! LinkedIn Print Email Reddit Pinterest Facebook Pocket Twitter Tumblr This week I took part in a #TChat on employee engagement and specifically onboarding. (Thanks to Marla Gottsch...