Magic Whale

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About me

Industry Education
Occupation Lecturer in Social Sciences/Cross-Cultural Trainer/Travel Writer/Food Critic
Location London/Amsterdam, United Kingdom
Introduction One enchanted wanderer with a laptop, a Canon EOS and a set of cast-iron pots. More about me
Interests Interdisciplinary methodology in social sciences, migration studies, multi-site and non-local ethnography, psychological anthropology, East and South-East Asian languages, travel writing and photography, cross-cultural awareness training, Vipassana meditation, Kundalini yoga, cooking world cuisines
Favorite Movies anything meaningful and/or funny and/or beautiful; Wag The Dog, Cabaret, Comrades (Almost In Love), Merci Docteur Rey, The Incredibles
Favorite Music everything by Handel, acid jazz, R&B and soul, world music, ethnic beat, Soul (Gospel) House, Tori Amos, Oliver Shanti, Amy Winehouse, Mylène Farmer, Nakajima Miyuki, Kate Bush
Favorite Books Dostoevsky, Jorge Luis Borges, D.H.Lawrence, Mikhail Bulgakov, G.B. Shaw, Stanislaw Lem, Gabriel García Márquez, John Updike, Shakespeare, Viktor Pelevin, Armistead Maupin, Katherine Anne Porter, Yukio Mishima and many more