Elizabeth Carr writes here about a new scheme of work she developed to teach students about diversity in Victorian society. When dealing with a concept such as diversity, it can be easy for students to slip into stereotypes based on simplistic understandings of the experiences of people at the...
Like Donnie Kealey up the Gatineau Valley, Michael was among the first to reveal to me the extent of Irish settlement in the capital region. He pointed me to the final resting place of 360 Irish Famine victims in the heart of Ottawa, forgotten until now. We hosted the first ever ...
While we often think of a log home's exterior, the interior is what completes a cabin's charm. All kinds of folks succumb to the allure of logs, from new-age pioneers to cutting-edge trendsetters. The styles that decorate log homes are as diverse as the people who live in them. You...
It violates reality as we know it; thus, many scientists dismiss time travel into the past as an impossibility. Some scientists like Einstein's theory of special relativity, have proposed the idea of using faster-than-light travel to journey back in time. After all, if time slows as an ...
learning points:- humans took over the world and drove large animals to extinction because we can tell stories and collaborate in large groups- bonobos are sapphic- mcdonald's is a story that millions of grown-ups tell each other and believe very strongly but it only exists in our imaginatio...
The best way to shake up our beliefs, as presented by Arakawa and Gins, is to change the very nature of how and where we live. That's why these two have designed residences that force the occupant to interact with his or her surroundings in a different way. That's the idea ...
. It was one of my late grandmother’s highest compliments (“she has beautiful manners; she’s a real lady.”) But the word had very different connotations during the Middle Ages, connotations that we have to be aware of when we think about the distant past and how it relates to the...
Together with the street art and grab-and-go food, Atlanta is also going through a renaissance in luxurious places to stay. The Candler Hotel — we used to call it the Coca-Cola building because it was built by Asa Griggs Candler, who founded the company — sits at the southern tip of...
(including freedom from tyranny and strict control structures), and work that makes us feel useful and appreciated will generally resensitize receptors and/or effectively regulate production of the neurotransmitters and hormones we need to feel happy, energetic, motivated, connected, relaxed, and fully...
If one actually thinks about how we dine in the modern age, much of the hygiene argument falls apart; even though we eat most solid foods like meat with a fork, we still grab other foods, like rolls, with our fingers. Had table manners developed primarily to cut down on the exchange ...