Author: rebelsheroes

Ina Vandebroek – The Spiritual Component – The Anthropology of Ethnopharmacology

excerpt from The Anthropology of Ethnopharmacology The third issue is that a plant medicine usually has more than one meaning. Its physiological effect cannot be separated from its anticipated other meanings – emotional or spiritual – by the people who use or sell the plant. Another botánica-related story illustrates this. A Puerto Rican man in […]

wfuv.org – alternative treatments: botanica

Botanicas mix spirituality and nature to provide remedies for various emotional and physical ailments. At Original Products Botanica in the Bronx, shelves are stocked with thousands of medicinal herbs, fast-luck bath salts and even so-called “Bring Back My Man” candles. To those unfamiliar with the culture, these products may seem more like gag gifts rather […]

http://pintofscience.us/event/community-health/ Monday 18 May 2015 Doors open 7pm, Event 7:30pm onwards Gun Hill Brewery, 3227 Laconia Ave, Bronx, NY    SOLD OUT! A Little Taste of Home for Your Health Dr. Ina Vandebroek (Matthew Calbraith Perry Assistant Curator of Economic Botany and Caribbean Program Director, The New York Botanical Garden) Ina studies the dynamics of […]

thank you – Rory Stewart

Dear all, Thank you, very much, for taking an interest in our work over the last five years.  And a particular thank you to those who voted in the election.  We’ve achieved the highest majority ever recorded in Penrith & The Border, since the seat was created in 1950. (The majority has almost doubled since 2010, […]

Le Salon: interview Francis Mary avec François Curlet

Francis Mary Cette interview, après celle d’Eric Fabre (autre amateur de Robert Filliou) s’inscrit dans l’une des rubriques du site Le Salon consacrée aux collectionneurs. En quoi cette appellation « collectionneur » s’applique-t-elle à cette collection (j’ai presque envie de dire à cette « collecte ») des œuvres multiples de Robert Filliou que tu as constituée? François Curlet Oui, je […]

Ina Vandebroek – One man’s thunderstorm There once was a man who lived in the city. He wanted to do things. He had high hopes, and even higher expectations. He wanted to love. He wanted to live. Each night he sat in his chair. He thought about life. He thought about love. He doubted his […]

Ina Vandebroek – The older the moon, the brighter it shines Whine like a banana leaf in the breeze. Sing like a cricket in the night. Circle down from the sky like a John Crow. Glow as bright as a kitibu. Move as swift as an anole lizard. Stand up tall like a grow stake […]

Kempens Informatieboek SMAK

Letter: to Jef Geys It is rare to be able to express one’s admiration in the art world. Admiration is something for art lovers, or for someone who has achieved something extraordinary in the course of his life. In fact the art world does not countenance admiration; it is more concerned with how knowledge or […]

Kempens Informatieboek SMAK

A cup of coffee in Balen   My first contact with Jef Geys was by post back in 2009. I had sent him a copy of the most recent book of the Flemish Community’s new acquisitions. A week later I found an envelope in my pigeonhole containing a short letter written in capitals: “Hello Iris, […]