Tag: history
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In the village of Magome, a 16th century discipline leads to a sharper focus on the present moment. Ichigo Ichie has been translated as “for this time only”, “one time, one… more ›
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When did you last hear live music? Granted, this isn’t an ideal time to ask, what with the ongoing pandemic still canceling concerts the world over. https://www.openculture.com/2020/08/composer-john-philip-sousa-denounces-the-menace-of-recorded-music-1906.html#google_vignette more ›
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Discover the complex and manifold legacies of brutalist architecture in Africa with writer and curator Fabiola Büchele. Brutalism, arguably the easiest architectural language with which to have a love-hate relationship,… more ›
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Researchers were perplexed, when they discovered that the remains of one woman and one man shared close genetic similarity with present-day Yoruba, Mende, Mandenka, and Esan groups from Sub-Saharan West… more ›
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This June, Christie’s offers one of the most important collections of daguerreotypes to come to market in the past 25 years. Announced to the world in 1839 and born of… more ›
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Born 150 years ago, Carl Jung drew on mythology and personal experience to create a visionary body of work, resonant in a disenchanted age. https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/jungs-map-of-the-soul/ more ›
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Psychedelics such as MDMA, LSD, psilocybin (another compound found in magic mushrooms) and ketamine have been gaining attention in the Western world as a possible way to tackle burgeoning mental health… more ›