This is is just one perspective on a fantastic cartographic art installation by Claire Fountaine. Watch this flaming video of her lighting her “match map” of France.
Tags: art, geo-inspiration.
See on www.thisiscolossal.com
A website that examines the geographical enclaves of the world
This website is an exhaustive list with information on the world’s enclaves that are so often entangled in geopolitical issues.
Tags: borders, political, unit 4 political.
See on enclaves.webs.com
The Ultimate Language Resource on the Web.
Having never lived in the South, I will defer to others on accuracy and quality of this dictionary and sayings, although I have heard this one enough understand this entry:
Fixin v. aux. Getting ready to: “I’m fixin to leave.”
Tags: language, culture, unit 3 culture, USA.
See on www.alphadictionary.com
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-we-get-our-fresh-water-christiana-z-peppard Fresh water accounts for only 2.5% of Earth’s…
How much of the Earth’s water is fresh water? How much of that is used for industrial, agricultural or domestic uses? Why is groundwater becoming increasingly utilized? Enjoy this TED-ED video for the answers.
Tags: water, environment, consumption, resources, environment depend.
See on www.youtube.com
In 1900, two-thirds of the world’s Catholics lived in Europe. Today only 20 percent do.
As Europe has become an increasingly secularized set of societies, the demographic based of the Catholic Church has shifted south. However, the power structure has not migrated south as the European cardinals still are a majority (although 2/3 vote necessary to elect the next pope).
Tags: Christianity, culture, diffusion, religion.
See on www.nytimes.com
Failure by Belgium’s political parties to form a government since elections in June have prompted fears of a split in the tiny European country. Al Jazeera’s…
This 2007 video is dated, but many of the same issues are still seen today. This video briefly lays out the cultural context for the political divisions between the French-speaking Walloons and the Dutch-speaking Flemish populations of Belgium. For a longer video on the topic, see this first portion of this video (the second half is on hertiage tourism at Catholic holy sites).
Tags: language, culture, Belgium, unit 4 political, Europe, devolution, unit 3 culture.
See on www.youtube.com
Gender imbalances in China have created a generation of men for whom finding love is no easy task
Cultural preferences for boys in China has led to a gender imbalance which has some unintended consequences, especially for the those seeking to have families with limited financial resources.
Tags: gender, China, population.
See on www.theatlantic.com
Oil-rich, velvet-rope-poor Azerbaijan, a country about the size of South Carolina on the Caspian Sea, would very much like to be the world’s next party capital.
Azerbaijan has limited cultural prestige and international recognition, but it has great quantities of oil, and they are parlaying that wealth into an important geopolitical player in Central Asia. It appears that Baku has ambitions to become the next Dubai.
Tags: Azerbaijan, political, development, Central Asia, unit 4 political.
See on www.nytimes.com
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