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In The Name Of Love | Jacobin
Thoreau on work ethic
Henry David Thoreau’s utopian vision of labor for all. In “Life Without Principle,” Thoreau wrote,… it would be good economy for a town to pay its laborers so well that they would not feel that they were working for low ends, as for a livelihood merely, but for scientific, even…
The Digital Humanities Situation | The Transducer
Digital humanities as a gentrifying small town
To many, the digital humanities feels like a small town that has recently been rated as a great place to raise a family. It is now inundated by developers who want to build condos for newcomers who are competing for resources and who may not understand local…
Waldensians - Wikipedia
A traveling waldensian preacher was known as a barba
Waldo and his followers developed a system whereby they would go from town to town and meet secretly with small groups of Waldensians. There they would confess sins and hold service. A traveling Waldensian preacher was known as a barba. The group would shelter and house the…