Contextualising collections

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Sunday, June 8, 2008

Collecting marriage customs

I know a friend who is making a collection of marriage customs the world over and I found that interesting, but I also felt we can unwittingly get into the dangerous mode of comparing customs unrealistically without having the background in which they are based. And we'll end up sitting in judgement... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Seeds as inspirations for collections

Editormum's blog seeds today inspired me to think beyond the usual collections or even beyond the extraordinary collections I have known One seed was Paraclete and I realised that was an expression in the Bible meaning the Holy Spirit. And I thought of a book I had bought called all the Women in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Skulls Unlimited...

Friends, There's actually a newsletter called Skulls Unlimited and it looks like people get into this collection after seeing its utility for science students and researchers. Read below an excerpt: http://www.skullsunlimited.com/newsletter/july-august2007/newsletter-index.html Skulls Unlimited... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Any suggestions about links of consultative processes in decision-making?

I have a friend who is collecting narrrations of consultative processes employed by Governments at whatever levels to arrive at decisions on whatever. Any suggestions from bloggers about links in this regard? Or maybe you can narrate your own experiences or anecdotes about attempted consultative... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 31, 2008

Any suggestions about links of consultative processes in decision-making?

There's a friend who is collecting narrrations of consultative processes employed by Governments at whatever levels to arrive at decisions on whatever. Any suggestions from bloggers about links in this regard? Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Have you seen the evolution of printing and publishing in your town?

How did people write and circulate their views? it would be really interesting to get into this. It would speak a lot about the events and happenings in your town. Is there a museum in ur town/state that has a collection of the modes of print evolution? Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Can anything pass off as a collection with any captions?

Sam was collecting something unusual - various kinds of fetters used for slaves. Truman decided he needed to do something even better. He decided to do the same thing with captions that glorified the conquests over slaves. The above is just an example of the same kind of collection being done and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 26, 2008

Clip on collections made by nthusiastic collectors r like a circus of anti

Clips on collections made by enthusiastic collectors and the processes of collecting are like a circus of human antics. 'Cos they reflect the lengths that people can go to make their collections or widen them or make them unique. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Reposting: Vintage Collections of expensive things as it got little reading

Vintage collections of EXPENSIVE things! There are people who collect cars and even watches. Now even if I wanted toI wouldn't be able to. it's much too expensive. Can this be called a collection the way stamps are collected? Not if it is a collection of the present cars, i think? If it's vintage... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 10, 2007

Vintage collections of EXPENSIVE things!

There are people who collect cars and even watches. Now even if I wanted toI wouldn't be able to. it's much too expensive. Can this be called a collection the way stamps are collected? Not if it is a collection of the present cars, i think? If it's vintage cars, then that is a different matter. For... Sign in to see full entry.

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