Tag: kora
Toumani Diabaté
The griots are the curators of West African history, storing thousands of stories and songs in their memory.
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A glimmer of London summer
A rare chance of some good weather during a short visit to London.
- Originally published: 13 Aug 2007 in UK
The last night of Hobson’s Choice
Treading the boards is John Savident as the cobbler who must tread carefully.
- Originally published: 3 Dec 2007 in Theatre
Miami South Beach
Down on Ocean Drive, with streamline moderne, twenty thousand Jewish retirees and Gloria Estefan.
- Originally published: 9 Jan 2008 in North America
Key West and the Conch Republic
Daring to be different: a true American outpost, the beautiful south of Key West has had its fair share of eccentrics.
- Originally published: 15 Jan 2008 in North America
Ars Electronica
Is it a museum, an exhibition space or an annual festival? Or is it all three? We were none the wiser after our visit!
- Originally published: 13 Feb 2011 in Museums & Galleries
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.