Author: S. Moesgaard
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Japan is Beautiful Every Day
Walking through Tokyo’s National Museum, enmeshed in ancient calligraphy scrolls, pottery, samurai swords and screen paintings, I arrived at one of the very last rooms in the museum. There, a plaque hangs on the wall, describing Japan’s transition from the Samurai era to the Meiji period. A transition from a Japan closed off from the… Read more
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Your Culture Brings out the Worst in Me
A famously expressed idea has been occupying space in my mind these days: There’s more that unites us than divides us It has been used on multiple occasions – most recently by Kamala Harris during her election campaign – but how it is interpreted, I believe, will depend on the intention of the speaker. While… Read more