Comments on: The moving circus, the post-national, the Global Soul and the xenophile http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/05/the-moving-circus-the-post-national-the-global-soul-and-the-xenophile/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob Freeman http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/05/the-moving-circus-the-post-national-the-global-soul-and-the-xenophile/comment-page-1/#comment-1637512 Rob Freeman Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:18:33 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1371#comment-1637512 Should be called the zero'th world. Has a kind of terminal, recalibrating, negation of the whole concept worlds should be separate. Should be called the zero’th world. Has a kind of terminal, recalibrating, negation of the whole concept worlds should be separate.

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Twelve great talks to watch, and no excuses for being bored. (Or boring.) http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/05/the-moving-circus-the-post-national-the-global-soul-and-the-xenophile/comment-page-1/#comment-217046 …My heart’s in Accra » Twelve great talks to watch, and no excuses for being bored. (Or boring.) Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:25:10 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1371#comment-217046 [...] If that top ten leaves you hungry for more, there’s lots more on both sites. Or if you just need something to clear your head, let me point you to two of the smartest and funniest men on the Internet, Ze Frank and Jonathan Coulton. Both have taken the radical step of putting their work directly onto the web at an alarming pace, Ze with a year-long daily podcast, and Jonathan with a new song written and recorded every week over the course of a year. They’re two of the bravest and funniest guys I know, and two guys I’m very happy to have discovered through the moving circus of the conference scene. [...] [...] If that top ten leaves you hungry for more, there’s lots more on both sites. Or if you just need something to clear your head, let me point you to two of the smartest and funniest men on the Internet, Ze Frank and Jonathan Coulton. Both have taken the radical step of putting their work directly onto the web at an alarming pace, Ze with a year-long daily podcast, and Jonathan with a new song written and recorded every week over the course of a year. They’re two of the bravest and funniest guys I know, and two guys I’m very happy to have discovered through the moving circus of the conference scene. [...]

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]]> By: No Longer At Ease >> Identity and global souls http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/05/the-moving-circus-the-post-national-the-global-soul-and-the-xenophile/comment-page-1/#comment-206437 No Longer At Ease >> Identity and global souls Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:53:58 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1371#comment-206437 [...] I had a chance to chat with Ethan during AJ Forum about global souls or what he termed - for the time-being - "the forth world" [...] [...] I had a chance to chat with Ethan during AJ Forum about global souls or what he termed – for the time-being – “the forth world” [...]

]]> By: Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/05/the-moving-circus-the-post-national-the-global-soul-and-the-xenophile/comment-page-1/#comment-204479 Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:55:51 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1371#comment-204479 A short reading list for global souls or xenophiliacs: Cosmopolitanism by Appiah The Modern Traveller by Belloc The main worry is that you will be branded as Bright Young Things, as filmed by Stephen Fry, or rather as Vile Bodies per the original, the prescient Evelyn Waugh. Lingering however is the fear of branding as rootless cosmopolitans (although some e embrace it) or, worse, as useful idiots ;-) I've been using modern travellers myself. I like the bit about the perspective of the Filipino construction worker. It suggests that there are far more players in the Great Game. And it begs the question: who are today's modern travellers? A short reading list for global souls or xenophiliacs:

Cosmopolitanism by Appiah

The Modern Traveller by Belloc

The main worry is that you will be branded as Bright Young Things, as filmed by Stephen Fry, or rather as Vile Bodies per the original, the prescient Evelyn Waugh.

Lingering however is the fear of branding as rootless cosmopolitans (although some e embrace it) or, worse, as useful idiots ;-)

I’ve been using modern travellers myself.

I like the bit about the perspective of the Filipino construction worker. It suggests that there are far more players in the Great Game. And it begs the question: who are today’s modern travellers?

]]> By: i must be a super-localized xenophile… at connecting*the*dots http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/05/the-moving-circus-the-post-national-the-global-soul-and-the-xenophile/comment-page-1/#comment-204164 i must be a super-localized xenophile… at connecting*the*dots Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:21:11 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1371#comment-204164 [...] EthanZ: […] “Xenophilia is why I’m involved with Global Voices. What I want to know about other parts of the world goes well beyond who’s shooting whom and who’s selling what. It includes what people think, feel, hope, dream and believe. And the opportunity to work with xenophiles from around the globe, to have coffee with a Tunisian and an Iraqi in Qatar, to receive birthday greetings via email in thirty languages isn’t just a privilege - it’s also great training for the future.” [...] [...] EthanZ: […] “Xenophilia is why I’m involved with Global Voices. What I want to know about other parts of the world goes well beyond who’s shooting whom and who’s selling what. It includes what people think, feel, hope, dream and believe. And the opportunity to work with xenophiles from around the globe, to have coffee with a Tunisian and an Iraqi in Qatar, to receive birthday greetings via email in thirty languages isn’t just a privilege – it’s also great training for the future.” [...]

]]> By: Luis Villa’s Blog / two more links, literally about wandering this time http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/04/05/the-moving-circus-the-post-national-the-global-soul-and-the-xenophile/comment-page-1/#comment-204128 Luis Villa’s Blog / two more links, literally about wandering this time Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:18:55 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1371#comment-204128 [...] My old co-worker Ethan (who is blessing New York with his global presence next week) has written a piece about ‘the post-national’ people who are his friends. It includes some thinking about the implications of a growing post-national class- particularly one which is post-national not because they hate their countries, but because they love all the rest- xenophiliacs, in other words. No one has invited me to Davos yet, and I’m not lucky/cursed enough to travel as much as Ethan does, but in other ways I recognize myself in there, and I certainly recognize some friends in there. The internet has let us become globally-oriented creatures, and it is a wonderful thing. [...] [...] My old co-worker Ethan (who is blessing New York with his global presence next week) has written a piece about ‘the post-national’ people who are his friends. It includes some thinking about the implications of a growing post-national class- particularly one which is post-national not because they hate their countries, but because they love all the rest- xenophiliacs, in other words. No one has invited me to Davos yet, and I’m not lucky/cursed enough to travel as much as Ethan does, but in other ways I recognize myself in there, and I certainly recognize some friends in there. The internet has let us become globally-oriented creatures, and it is a wonderful thing. [...]

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