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News, Updates, and Occasional Writing from Will Buckingham

Everywhere is Exotic, Everywhere is Mundane
Anthropology Travel Indonesia

Everywhere is Exotic, Everywhere is Mundane

Will Buckingham –

Navigating between dreams of elsewhere and dreams of home.

A Strange Collaboration
Elee Museums

A Strange Collaboration

Will Buckingham –

Completing Elee Kirk's "Snapshots of Museum Experience" in the years after her death

The Duracell Bunny and the Deputy Political Commissar
China Travel Yijing Conferences

The Duracell Bunny and the Deputy Political Commissar

Will Buckingham –

In which I give a speech about Viagra and the Duracell Bunny for the benefit of the Deputy Political Commissar of the Armed Police General Armament Department.

A. C. Graham on the Uses of Divination
China Yijing

A. C. Graham on the Uses of Divination

Will Buckingham –

A note on divination from the scholar of Chinese philosophy, A. C. Graham

Under the Radar, Close to the Ground
Grief Teaching Parami

Under the Radar, Close to the Ground

Will Buckingham –

So, I'm leaving academia. Let's see what happens next.

New Year Thoughts on Grief and Friendship
Elee Grief

New Year Thoughts on Grief and Friendship

Will Buckingham –

Grief, friendship, Chinese food and the turning of the year.

The Cheerfulness that Keeps Breaking Through
Grief Elee

The Cheerfulness that Keeps Breaking Through

Will Buckingham –

In memory of Leonard Cohen and Elee Kirk.

A Poem for Elee
China Elee Poetry Translation

A Poem for Elee

Will Buckingham –

A translation of a poem by Zhang Rong, in memory of Elee Kirk.

The Flaws of Writers
China Wenxin diaolong Writing

The Flaws of Writers

Will Buckingham –

The medieval Chinese writer on the flaws of writers.