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Would you accept citizenship of a virtual country?

Wirtland ['v¡rtlənd] (www.wirtland.com) is an experiment into self-sustainability and legitimacy of a micronation without its own soil. Wirtland claims to be the youngest country in the world and was founded on August 14, 2008. An extract from Wirtland's Statute follows: Quote "While the boundaries of sovereign states are becoming symbolic in Europe, in other world's regions sovereignty is being increasingly challenged, and separatism somet… Continue

Added by Cris on November 15, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Istanbul's 1st Global Nomad Salon, June 26

INTERNATIONAL THINKERS, MOVERS & SHAKERS GATHER FOR ISTANBUL’S 1st GLOBAL NOMAD SALON All eyes are on Turkey, a Westernized, secular-but-Muslim, half European-half Asian country, as it tries to determine its modern identity. Around the globe, our daily lives are increasingly affected by other cultures. Could this uniquely positioned country be a model for integration – or is it a cautionary tale? On June 26, 2008 at the Four Seasons Sultanahmet, thirty social scientists, businesspeo… Continue

Added by Anastasia Ashman on June 21, 2008 at 10:34am — No Comments

facebook anyone?

I'm working on a new feature for the Global Culture blog, but would like to check how many of you use facebook.com I know it is very popular in North America, but not quite sure about the rest of the world. Continue

Added by Juan Gonzalez on June 3, 2007 at 3:02pm — 1 Comment

ToTheSurface.Org - Documentaries that willl blow your mind

www.tothesurface.org is a new website specializing in the uncovering of quality as well as controversial documentaries focusing on a range of topics from: Politics, Conspiracies, Current Events, The Environment, Nature and Culture that have lain for too long, beneath the outer surface. Continue

Added by tothesurface on May 30, 2007 at 5:01pm — 1 Comment

globalistgirl.net updated

I finally finished updating globalistgirl.net. If you guys have any comments of suggestions, feel free to let me know.
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Added by Globalistgirl on April 2, 2007 at 10:59pm — No Comments

What is Global Culture?

I'm juan at the expat-blog forum. Someone asked me what does "Global Culture" means? This was my answer:

It is the ~~collection of~~ knowledge that comes from our awareness of the fact that our own cultures don't exist in isolation anymore. Its evolution accelerated by modern technologies and social trends that have catapulted a massive number of people out of their places of origin.

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Added by Juan Gonzalez on March 31, 2007 at 12:13am — 1 Comment

Get to know kurtack

My blog is here.

Lots of thinking out loud about Responsible Tourism.

You can also learn all about the characters, destinations, activities, history, art, culture, bargains to be had and traps to be avoided in South Africa, all gleaned from years of experience, thousands of kilometres travelled, and hundreds of friends I've made as tourist, guest and industry professional. Continue

Added by kurtack on March 28, 2007 at 9:57am — No Comments