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Monthly Archives: August 2007

International Slavery Museum Opens in Liverpool, England

Saturday, August 25, 2007
Posted by Steve Amoia

A few days ago in Liverpool, England, a new museum opened to remind present day Britons of their slave holding past. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Great Britain.
The museum was the vision of Mr. Richard Benjamin, who manages the facility.
“Benjamin, 35, who recently earned his doctorate at [...]

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Technology Tracks Chinese Citizens of Shenzen

Friday, August 17, 2007
Posted by Steve Amoia

In Shenzhen, China, a city of over 12.4 million inhabitants near Hong Kong, a new technology has been designed to encode vast amounts of personal data on a computer chip. Residency cards must be carried by all citizens of this sprawling city. The chip was developed by China Public Security, a Chinese firm that has [...]

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What Does it Mean to be French?

Friday, August 10, 2007
Posted by Steve Amoia

In an interesting article published today by the International Herald Tribune, Jon Frosch examines one of the more diverse countries in the world: France. A new social contract, called the “Sarkozy Law,” requires new members of French society to assimilate. But on the terms of the French government, and not the new immigrants. Formal classes [...]

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The Ancient Art of Mapmaking Collides with the New World Order

Friday, August 3, 2007
Posted by Steve Amoia

Nova Rico is a mapmaking company outside of Florence, Italy. They produce over one million custom designed globes each year.
“‘The problems of cartography are the same that exist in diplomatic relations,’ said Stefano Strata, co-director of Nova Rico, which has been producing custom globes for 50 years in Impruneta, near Florence. For mapmakers like [...]

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