Corona diary: The wind tower – al Bagdir

Corona diary: The wind tower – al Bagdir

There is a tower on a country road between Groß Gleidingen and Broitzem. The fact itself might not be something special. But for me it is. The building fascinated me from the first encounter because it reminds me the “bagdirs” I have seen on the Arabian Peninsula. Most probably the tower here is just a silo but for me it

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Creating the evil “Other”

In preparation of my doctoral thesis on discourse and intercultural education I came across the methodology of ethnographic content analysis on the one hand and a research document titled “Peering Beneath the Veil: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Islam as Portrayed on The 700 Club Following the September 11th Attacks” by Eric Gormly on the other hand. Discourse analysis is

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No dream out of Arabian nights

Denn in dem recht kurzen und mit Plattitüden (“unzählige Geländewagen und Luxuskarossen sind unterwegs – ach?”) gespickten Artikel, erfährt der neugierige Leser weder etwas über das Land Oman, noch überraschenderweise über das Projekt.

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