The Chinese market in fake European classical art is growing. Steadily. Something they bring to it? Industrial efficiency. The village of Dafen in southern China has become the centre of a big industry, with about 8,000 artists responsible for creating 60 per cent of the world’s oil paintings.
Not long after I got to Germany – close to three years ago – someone called me and, among other things, we talked a bit about what I was doing in Germany. This is a rough presentation of an interesting part of the conversation. The Other Person aka TOP: So, what exactly are you studying?… Read More »
Sometime ago, I wrote a paper on development and the African culture for a PhD level course at the Centre for Development Studies (CEMUS), Uppsala University. The paper tried to examine the debate on the impact of the African culture on development.