Life is wonderful. But not perfect.
One thing that is pestering me are these instant surveys. The ones which have as their sole purpose to attract the attention of the media.
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Life is wonderful. But not perfect. One thing that is pestering me are these instant surveys. The ones which have as their sole purpose to attract the attention of the media. Indonesia has been there before. And it took the country nine years to recover. The wise and sensible Paul Krugman’s said: “the world is Indonesia now”. He was referring to Indonesia’s economical crises, which did hit Asia and particularly Indonesia, a decade ago. Like the US and Europe now, in ‘97 it also was all about [...] Prior to the latest edition of “Inside Indonesia” my knowledge about West Papua was near zero. The facts I was aware of were scarce. I did know about the pretty dirty circumstances the Dutch colonial rule was ended in the early sixties of course, had read about some real nasty and even disastrous environmental developments [...] Christie’s, London, had another auction last week. This one dedicated to Dutch photographers. They were lucky that the financial and economical crises seemed not to have reached the super rich art collectors. Five thousand up to twenty thousands euro’s was not unusual. Most was paid for “the ice cream parlour” from the series “Rain” by [...] For everyone who may be interested in European paintings, books, films and archives: you may find it here. It is major project based in the Royal Library in The Hague. From the announcement on the site I quote: direct access to some 2 million digital objects, including film material, photos, paintings, sounds, maps, manuscripts, books, newspapers and [...] |
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