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A shellfish restoration project in New Zealand weaves together traditional Māori knowledge and marine ecology to foster mussel growth. – by Asher Mullard Sitting on the seaweed-covered beach of Okahu Bay in New Zealand, a 15-minute drive from Auckland’s bustling port, Richelle Kahui-McConnell stops midsentence and …
Is African traditional music dying out? “Sounds from Ghana” is a journey throughout the ten regions of this West African country showcasing a wide range of Ghana’s traditional music styles and how these traditions have been transmitted throughout the generations. In the photo exhibition and …
John Free is a social documentary photographer. John has taught at USC, UCLA, PCC, LACMA and has worked professionally at this craft for more than 45 years. For his personal work he does street photography. http://johnfreephotography.com
On his knees, a silver bull holds a spouted vessel. This six-inch figurine was found near Susa in Iran. The bull dates to the earliest Elamite culture, 3100–2900 BC, known as proto-Elamite. Traces of cloth were found, perhaps it was intentionally buried as part of …
Photos of tribal clothing like this make me think about empires and their need to turn those who resist them into evil. Such propaganda where tribes of people are renamed demons and devils. As you dig into these cultures, their stories are really amazing. Elder …
This year, Eater is teaming up with James Beard award-winning Southern Foodways Alliance to spotlight their documentary work, premiering a short film every other week. This next piece focuses on Vietnamese-style crawfish boils, which have become a mainstay in Houston, a city that boasts one …
Drawing protective or decorative symbols with sand is an old custom from the rural parts of Poland, first described by ethnographers in 19th century. In Polish it’s usually called ‘sypanie piaskiem’ (what translates simply to ‘pouring of sand’). It used to be common to many regions located in the …
By Rachel Brown Photographs by Aron Klein “If you ever saw [the kukeri], they’re just too amazing,” says Gerald Creed, an anthropology professor at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. “They monopolize the senses. You can’t look away.” The ritual is a public one, profoundly ancient, full of …
The long, incredibly tortuous, and fascinating process of creating a Chinese font The story of Chinese characters begins with, of all things, turtle bellies. The kings of the Shang Dynasty—which ruled from the 16th to the 11th centuries BC—had questions. Questions about what the king …