Following Olivia Harris‘s shockingly sudden death, Xavier Albó has written movingly of his friend and colleague with a fluency and a beauty which it is an honour to translate. This article was originally published in La Razon. The original, Spanish version of the text follows underneath a cut. Memories of Olivia Harris by Xavier Albó [...]
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Xavier Albó writes on Olivia Harris’s life and death
Posted in anthropology and anthropologists, death notices on April 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Olivia Harris 1948 – 2009
Posted in anthropology and anthropologists, death notices on April 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Bolivia’s been in the news for many reasons in the last few weeks, and there’s a regular old pile of stories to be dissected and reposted: UN human rights reports, opening of relations with the USA, footballing triumph and oh my, assassination attempts! But I am afraid to say that all of this has been [...]
SIX OOOOOOONE
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wow! Bolivia just played some stunning football and trounced the Argentinians. It really would take the hand of God to help you now, Dieguito! (There are Twitterers even now declaring, ‘I was here!’ from Hernando Siles. Historic, apparently).
