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The Line Ep. 16: The Ancestral Diet
The Line Podcast
January 17, 2018

The Line Ep. 16: The Ancestral Diet

Forget Paleo, Keto and Raw. Go home to grandma while she’s still around, and quick, transcribe all her traditional recipes. It turns out that…

The Stories our Flowers Tell
Material Culture
September 16, 2017

The Stories our Flowers Tell

The clues to a culture’s origins can often be found in its gardens.

The Dream
International Relations
May 23, 2016

The Dream

When I was away at university, all the cool kids had art prints up on their walls: cheap, twenty-dollar reproductions of Monet and Matisse, hinting…

Taiwan: The Next Creative Powerhouse?
December 12, 2015

Taiwan: The Next Creative Powerhouse?

Taiwan is proof that democracy and creativity are not inimical to Asian culture.

The Age of Grobalism
Grobalization
November 14, 2015

The Age of Grobalism

Yeah, no. That’s not a typo.

Always Hip to the Cool
Grobalization
November 14, 2015

Always Hip to the Cool

Southeast Asia at the vanguard.

The Original 30 Second Spot
Material Culture
February 10, 2015

The Original 30 Second Spot

Imagine a client handing you a hunk of stone and saying: here, convince humanity to buy my service.

The Art of Dying
Immaterial Culture
February 9, 2015

The Art of Dying

What is the art of dying? It is the ability to meet death with a calm reassurance, without particular attachment to one’s own life.

What is Balinese Hinduism?
Grobalization
December 11, 2014

What is Balinese Hinduism?

There are two Balis: “Bali,” the seeker’s paradise of the Eat, Pray, Love set, and the other Bali, a less penetrable, more complex place. “Bali” was born out of the other Bali’s dialogues with European orientalists and the Indonesian state.

Trop Picks: Carl Linnaeus
The Jungle
December 11, 2014

Trop Picks: Carl Linnaeus

Where are all the non-Western artists in the global marketplace of ideas?

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