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De gustibus… est disputandum

by Editorial team | Feb 08, 2012 | in Different Cultures

Started in 2010 the project MarcoPolo by the University of Trieste and the Hospital Burlo Garofalo – our neighbours – aimes at studying the relationship between genetics and taste.
For the first expedition a group of genetists and researchers went along the silk route animated by this question: why food habits differ so much?

The rastaman and me

by Mauro Scanu | Feb 06, 2012 | in Different Cultures

A few years ago I have been to Kanding, a little city in the middle between China and Tibet.

I was looking for a place to sleep, so I went into a hostel to ask for a room. As usual the owner couldn´t speak English so I asked Matteo, one of my trip mates who was waiting outside, to try in Chinese. After a while Matteo came out laughing aloud: the receptionist mistook him for me.

The perception of cold, food, fashion and attitudes of Berliners vs Italians

by Manuela Castiglione | Feb 03, 2012 | in Different Cultures

Berlin is freezing. The days are very cold, – 14°, but blessed with wonderful blue skies. When it is cold like that I can´t do but shudder every time that I see brave mothers on the bike with their as much brave children on the trailer or on the kids bicycle seat, who don´t complain nor cry.

Just to avoid faux pas

by Editorial team | Feb 01, 2012 | in Different Cultures

Surfing the net we came across this clip by a very normal man who explained very cheerfully how different cultures have different understandings of things.

This makes us think..before going anywhere in the world it is defenetly useful to understand the main differences between our cultures.. just to avoid misunderstandigs.

Cross-countries trend in the art field: the big comeback of painting. Insights from Bologna Art Fair

by Silvia Vatta | Jan 30, 2012 | in Different Cultures

In a warm January when travelling around Italy seems so hard, it´s time to meet in Bologna for one of the most unmissable events of the year – ArteFiera Art First – where dealers, collectors and in general art lovers want to meet and melt to start the new year in a big way.

Nomadic knowledge is the way we dress… up

by Marco Minuz | Dec 21, 2011 | in Nomadic Knowledge

It may seem a truism to say that every industrialized society lives in a state of torment, great changes and deep contradictions. Every day an enormous amount of information, data and streams of numbers pass through cables or over our heads in imprecise regions between earth and sky. … In my opinion the best contemporary definition of “Nomadic knowledge” is the way we dress.

Yutaka Makino at the DAAD Galerie in Berlin: pushing you to the limits

by Manuela Castiglione | Dec 20, 2011 | in Nomadic Knowledge, Suggestion

Are you a visual artist?
Or you are a music composer that would like to innovate the conventional character of Berlin´s musical life?
Or you are rather a writer and you want to engage a dialogue between cultures through the verbal mode of communication that you so well know is able to supercede all cultural limitations? … Well, then you should apply for the Berliner Künstlerprogramm to get a scholarship and come to Berlin for one year.

Partying in London: a melting pot of cultures

by Silvia Vatta | Dec 16, 2011 | in Nomadic Knowledge

In London partying is something that can not be avoided.

In London doing strange things is something that seems more than normal.
In London during the weekend everything can happen, more than anywhere else. … Big part of this ‘nomadic life’ is meeting new people and possibly spending good time together.

The fascination of the Chinese art scene for an Italian gallerist: Roberto Ceresia of Aike dell´Arco Gallery in Shanghai

by Eleonora Pallavicino | Dec 14, 2011 | in Nomadic Knowledge

Roberto Ceresia is a young Italian man with a passion for art inherited by his family running for years an antique art shop in Palermo. In 2005 he started a contemporary art gallery in his hometown, began focusing on new artistic waves from China and introduced young talented Chinese artists on the Italian scene. Next, in 2008, Roberto felt it was time to be on the move and to settle down in China to pursue his vision.

The new trend in NY: global nomads meeting in hotels. A new shape for your nightlife in the Big Apple.

by Rita Buonarroti | Dec 12, 2011 | in Last link, Nomadic Knowledge

Remember Studio 54, the legendary New York nightclub where Andy Warhol and Grace Jones partied away the last days of disco until the Aids epidemic brought everything to a screeching halt?
Unthinkable today! There are no legendary night clubs in New York anymore. … That doesn’t mean, of course, that there is no nightlife. It just took on a different shape…

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Editorial

Cultivating differences

by Ariella Risch | Jan 26, 2012
in Different Cultures, editorial

Hello everyone!
Even though at the start of this year there is not much enthusiasm around us – well, as a matter of fact the news are not supporting our mood … the ship sinking at the Island of Giglio, as well as the spread in Italy and the politics in Europe – we at illywords think positively! That´s why we have been working hard to shake up and restart in a big way our cultural research allthrough the themes of the year. … First of all, I would like to welcome our new bloggers Chiara, Steve and Danilo …