Staying Grounded in the Time of the Coronavirus A while ago, I wrote about how I came to see aspects of my border expedition as something like a pilgrimage. While my journey was not literally aimed at the Holy Land or a sacred site, it nevertheless touched on something I consider in the realm of… Read more The Grounded Pilgrim:
… and other stories from Kella, the little village that found itself next to the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. After Kaffeetrinken with a view of Braunrod – the former “window on the GDR” – Anna took me up the hill behind her house to the chapel I had read about in Daphne’s book.… Read more The chapel in the no-man’s land, and the monk who pushed the envelope
Today’s post explores how “our everyday lives are criss-crossed by border zones” (anthropologist Renato Rosaldo) and how not only physical but also social borders shape our identities. Find out what the late anthropologist Daphne Berdahl had to say about this and how she came to settle in Kella for her field work shortly after Reunification… Read more Of borders, identities, and friendship
