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The Idea of South is journey through the different meanings of South to be found in various parts of the world and its history. The goal is to re-think the north-south hierarchy and imagine new possibilities.¿Que?
Se trata de una exploración en curso en los distintos significados del Sur que se encuentran en diversas partes del mundo y su historia. Está diseñado para ayudar a re-pensar el Norte y el Sur jerarquía e imaginar nuevas posibilidades.Journey So Far
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Vertiginous Africa
Tourist images of the African continent are dominated by scenes of safari adventures. While these entail their own colonial associations – Africa as nature rather than culture – there is a more phenomenological dimension to the African experience for westerners. This suggests a continent that we look down to. Virgin Airlines have just released their [...]
Jorgen Jorgenson returns yet again
Jorgen Jorgenson was a Danish adventurer who travelled to Tasmania twice, first in the founding party of Hobart and then as a convict. Between visits, he had been bestowed with the title of the first King of Iceland. He wrote many books, including a study of Tasmanian aborigines. His life sustains a ongoing link between [...]
When children grow up in the Kingdom of Bellavista
In the Kingdom of Bellavista there lived two peoples. For centuries they had lived in perfect harmony, but lately there had been troubles. High on the hill, there lived the refined nobles, who cultivated highly sophisticated sciences and arts. With great care and kindness they managed the affairs of the realm, particularly those they fondly [...]
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Do we need another north?
The South African design expo Design Indaba makes the claim that global ascendency has passed to the other half of the world: Stand back Milan, London and New York, here comes SOUTH! SOUTH is an inversion of hand-me-down Eurocentric creativity, a world map turned upside down conceptually, so that South Africa is on top. Over [...]
John Stanley Martin – Australia as an Iceland of the south