Yearly Archives: 2025
With thousands of miles of stone walls and remnants of prehistoric settlements, the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Western Ireland, recently served as the setting for a short film essay entitled Aran Diary (2023) by researcher and filmmaker Maurizio Cinquegrani. This piece shares glimpses of the walks and ideas… Read more »
Drawing on first-hand experiences from weaving workshops, interviews, collages and excerpts from raw fieldnotes recorded during a fieldwork on the island of Guam in the north Pacific, this contribution reflects on the physical practice of weaving and how each material embodies a unique place in CHamoru society. Author Alba Ferrándiz… Read more »
The tregenda [from a northern Italian dialect: “that which shall be traversed”] refers to gatherings of witches and evil spirits coming together at night to carry out malevolent actions. While belief in these demonic assemblies was widespread across Europe, in the 16th-17th century Friuli, it took a singular form through… Read more »
La tregenda [da un dialetto nord-italiano: “passaggio; via di transito”] si riferisce ai raduni di streghe e spiriti maligni che si riuniscono di notte per compiere azioni malvagie. Mentre la credenza in questi raduni demoniaci ha avuto diffusione in tutta Europa, nel Friuli del XVI-XVII secolo assunse una forma singolare… Read more »
Despite being one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States, Phoenix, Arizona, is one of the few with no Amtrak train transit. While you cannot get in or out of the city by train, it does have a humble light rail system, built in the face of public… Read more »
Until not so long ago, by sailing the northern seas, one could glimpse entire islands appearing and then suddenly vanishing among the tides. But these floating territories, at times even added to maps, may in fact have been the gargantuan body of the Kraken, a legendary monster with multiple arms,… Read more »
On the island of Malakula, part of the nation of Vanuatu, when the time is deemed right by their elders, the youth of the community partake in a coming-of-age ceremony to become manples: literally “men-place.” Anthropologist Jacopo Baron reflects on his personal involvement in these rituals and on the profound… Read more »