The Question of Bioregions: One common question about the regionalization of our area studies databases is about the absence of the systematic use of biogeographic regions or Bioregions. (Biomes have the same problems we describe here for Bioregions.) This is something we have considered in detail and we do not attempt to classify every record, […]
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Note: Wakanda Forever
Wakanda is a country, albeit a fictional country created in the Marvel Comic Universe, and appears in our databases as a geographic descriptor. The idea and image of Wakanda has become a cultural force with the Black Panther movie in 2018, and as a metaphor embodies both Afrocentric and Pan-Africanist ideals. The “Wakanda Forever” salute […]
Continue readingNote: Y2K and Beyond: Searching the Future, and the Futures of the Past
This is a planet of young people. The majority of people in the world today are too young to have experienced the anticipation (and often dread) of Y2K. Y2K was the moment when all the operating systems on Earth (except the Macintosh OS) would roll over to the date 0000-00-00, and crash. It was the […]
Continue readingNotes: Global Descriptors
This record illustrates a descriptor that we classify as a Global Descriptor, or a subject descriptor that will result in a record being included in all of the area studies databases. In this record, that descriptor is “Internet”, Coronavirus, Global Warming, Internet, Oceanography, Offshore Banking and Tax Havens. ===== [Sample Record] Title: “Aramco In Talks […]
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