Press Release by SUSPECT on the refusal of the Zivilcourage Prize by Judith Butler at the Berlin Pride on 19th June, 2010: As Berlin Queer and Trans Activists of Colour and Allies we welcome Judith Butler’s decision to turn down the Zivilcourage Prize awarded by Berlin Pride. We are delighted that a renowned theorist has… Read More »
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I just read this on the Nigerian Village Square: The literary world is abuzz with the news that Achebe in 2010, on the fiftieth anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, and the fortieth anniversary of the end of the Biafran war; is working on a major opus – Reflections on the Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970. It will… Read More »
If you are in London on June 14 and you are interested in textile recycling, see the announcement below. I will be making a presentation on Igbo trade networks and secondhand clothing RECYCLING TEXTILE TECHNOLOGIES A one-day workshop from 9am to 5pm, on June 14th 2010 To be held at the Pearson North Lecture Theatre,… Read More »
Sunday 21st March, Sidney Street LGBT Centre, off Oxford Rd David Kato, LGBTI activist from Uganda and member of SMUG http://www.sexualminoritiesuganda.org will talk about his experiences as an activist in the context of recent legislation threatening the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, the campaign in Uganda to stop the new law as well as international… Read More »
Farafina Trust will be holding a creative writing workshop in Lagos, organized by award-winning writer and creative director of Farafina Trust, Chimamanda Adichie, from May 20 to May 29 2010. The workshop is sponsored by Nigerian Breweries Plc. Guest writers who will co-teach the workshop alongside Adichie are the Caine Prize Winning Kenyan writer Binyavanga… Read More »
I just learnt of an association called Berliner Unterwelten (Berlin Underworlds, in English), through the New York Times In Transit blog. Founded in 1997, Underworlds is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and preservation of Berlin’s vast network of subterranean spaces. It funds its projects by giving tours of bunkers, sewers, air raid shelters… Read More »
Really good initiative reported by Next: The Lagos State council of tradesmen and artisans have embraced the use of the Internet as a means of attracting a wider audience and bringing their services closer to the public. At a formal introduction to the council members by Advert Africa, an Internet advert service provider, yesterday in… Read More »
for 2009 goes to Oliver Williamson, “for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm” and Elinor Ostrom, a political scientist, “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons”. Steven Levitt of Freakonomics thinks this means that “the prize is moving toward a Nobel in Social Science, not a Nobel in economics.”
From the BBC. HT AAA Blog