Some years ago I read the US American National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (amended 2000). In it, it states that ‘the historical and cultural foundations of the Nation should be preserved as a living part of our community life and development in order to give a sense of orientation to the American people’ (my … Continue reading Heritage as Orientation
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Good-bye Britain, Hello Germany, or: On the notion of ‘home’
I have left Britain and relocated to my native Germany. Most Brits nodded knowingly when I told them I was going back to Germany, telling me that ‘Of course, you want to go home’. And in many ways I have indeed ‘gone home’. But in nearly as many other ways, I have also lost my … Continue reading Good-bye Britain, Hello Germany, or: On the notion of ‘home’
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