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I am a global nomad without a concrete home like probably many of you..
From an early age, I was immersed in different cultures from my original one - Japan - and indeed, grew up in Algiers, Tokyo, and Torino (Italy). When I was in Tokyo, I used to daydream about the positive aspects of the Algerian way of living with basic fundamentals.. especially when you compare it with caotic, "unchilled" Tokyo life.. During the 13+ years I spent in Italy, I had the opportunity to travel around the world and constantly suffered from "cultural shock" on my return from these trips, thinking about how different one's life can be depending on the location.. so different, sometimes I did think that we lives in different worlds.
My thoughts apart, I am a sociologist and I recently completed my undergraduate studies in LSE in the UK. My Sociology degree had much to do with the mix of sociology, development and the politics of difference such as race. I believe that any work related to "development" has to have a solid understanding of the functions of the society concerned.. Case-specific solutions, local sustainability, grass-root approaches.. all these ideas above, in my view, cannot execute successfully without the appreciation and the deconstruction of the sociological mechanisms at work.
I speak fluently English, Italian, Japanese and Spanish and can also pull some French and Portuguese.. Thus, whoever shares my ideas or want to debate over them I will be pleased to get in contact with.
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 Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
 Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
 Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims
Historic Centre of Avignon
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
Historic Site of Lyons
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Palace and Park of Versailles
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles
 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
Archaeological Area of Agrigento
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
City of Verona
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
Historic Centre of Florence
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
The Trulli of Alberobello
Venice and its Lagoon
 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
 Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
 City of Cuzco
Historic Centre of Lima
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
Works of Antoni Gaudí
 Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
 Maritime Greenwich
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Tower of London
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church
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gobson , Batenga , daicylove , Eliseo , Ingenieur
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| User Joined: June 8, 2007 |
| Last Login: November 9, 2008
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