From Our Contributors: Week of August 6 AustraliaBlogs of the WorldIndiaJapanUSA August 7, 2012 3 Your weekly dose of interesting reading matter has arrived, courtesy of our contributors ‘ blogs. Mike, our [...]
Picture Postcards: a baby shower in Texas Topics of the WorldUSA August 5, 2012 One of our Contributing Editors, Carrie, has just had a baby! So, the Pocketcultures team have been [...]
Costa Rican Annual Pilgrimage to Honor “La Negrita” CelebrationsCosta RicaPeopleReligionTopics of the World August 3, 2012 4 Every August 2nd, Costa Ricans celebrate one of the most important Catholic holidays in our country: The [...]
Doll Museum in Buenos Aires ArgentinaTopics of the World August 1, 2012 2 Many little girls around the world lavish every care on their favourite dolls. For some girls, like [...]
How to use storytelling to explore and communicate identity Music, Art & CinemaPeoplePeople of the WorldUSA July 26, 2012 Kelli McLoud Schingen uses performance and storytelling to explore identity. I was lucky to see her perform [...]
Picture Postcards: A fridge in Brazil BrazilTopics of the World July 23, 2012 1 Sent in by our contributor, Carla, from Brazil. Read more: Myth or Reality About Brazil Part [...]
Día del Amigo: Friend’s Day in Argentina ArgentinaCelebrationsTopics of the World July 20, 2012 3 Every July 20, restaurants and bars around the country are filled to the rafters with people celebrating [...]
Latin American Graffiti and Urban Art: Online and in the Streets ArgentinaBlogs of the WorldChilePeru July 17, 2012 In January 2010, Global Voices contributor Issa Villarreal wrote a three-part series on urban art and graffiti [...]
From our contributors: week of July 9th Blogs of the WorldIndiaJapanSouth KoreaUSA July 10, 2012 Here’s some summer reading if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere. If you’re south of the Equator, curl [...]
Picture Postcards: A Fridge in Texas ArgentinaTopics of the WorldUSA July 9, 2012 Here is our contributing editor, Ana’s, fridge at her home in Texas. She points out that you [...]
Argentinean customs: have everything else delivered (not just your soda water) ArgentinaTopics of the World July 6, 2012 2 The home delivery service began timidly in the eighties and it became incredibly popular in the nineties. [...]
A German-American family in the USA Across culturesGermanyPeople of the WorldUSA July 5, 2012 2 Julie is from the USA and Martin is from Germany. They met when Julie was on exchange [...]