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Self-Immolation as a viable protest form in Bulgaria, 2013

June 4, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

Below is a paper that I wrote for my resistance and social movements course this semester. I am new to this section of anthropology, and a little insecure about it. That being said, if this…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: bulgaria·freedom·movement·protest·resistance·romance·social change·terrorism·university·writing

The things you own.

May 7, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

Being constantly on the move for the past 29 years has allowed me to reflect on this concept quite often. Every time I have to pack up my things and move them across the state,…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: freedom·transition·values

Alternative Ways of Being

May 1, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

I think that I have spent most of my life unsatisfied with society. This dissatisfaction has been a driving force in me. It caused me to do things that many people would never dream of-…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: freedom·resistance·revolution·social change

Irony of the desirable

April 23, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

The other day I had topick up the second half of my course reader for my modern theory course. I bemoaned the constant need to purchase reading material during University, when people have some of…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: freedom·social change·submission·university·writing

Lies I was Never Told- The Making of an Expat Part III

April 10, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

I suppose that a good reason for studying abroad is the dissolution of your current ideas about the world. It wasn’t my reason though. I do happen to enjoy my dissolution and so I tend…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: expat·freedom·revolution·social change·university

The Passport- Making of an Expat, Part II

April 2, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

Despite my father being in the military I did not travel abroad as a child. His last lengthy stay away from home was on the USS Nimitz during my mother’s pregnancy with me. Following that…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: expat·freedom·social change·transition·travel·values

Critical Success Factors

March 22, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

In my Business Management class we are practicing the identification of critical success factors in various markets. It is a fun exercise, to see what defines success and also how that success can be achieved, but…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: family·freedom·philosophy·social change·values

The Naked Head

November 26, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

The other day the boy asked me to shave his head. When was the last time that I picked up a set of clippers? It was to my own head. Before that there were a…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: family·freedom·lovers·submission·transition

A Meta-Vacation along the Black Sea

September 10, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

I originally intended to come to Turkey at the beginning of September. I thought that I would take a train over on the first, and spend ten lazy days doing nothing until I had to…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: freedom·friendship·social change·travel

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