Central Java, Indonesia
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Thread
Central Java, IndonesiaPacific coast, ColombiaKinshasa, Democratic Republic of the CongoNairobi, KenyaSumpango, GuatemalaTonga and its diasporaTripoli, LebanonUkraineUkraineUkraineUkraineBonwire, GhanaTarragona, SpainSeoul, South KoreaAotearoa New ZealandDushanbe, TajikistanTokushima Prefecture, JapanXochimilco, Mexico City, MexicoDetroit & Belleville, United StatesLisbon, PortugalNew Orleans, United StatesTeotitlán del Valle, MexicoBase map: Natural Earth data, equirectangular projection (public domain via Wikimedia Commons).
Stories in view
Pacific coast, Colombia
Who Gets to Play the Marimba?
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
How to Invent an Instrument
Nairobi, Kenya
The Bus Is the Canvas
Sumpango, Guatemala
Months of Work for a Day with the Dead
Tonga and its diaspora
A Family History You Can Unroll
Tripoli, Lebanon
Six Months to Make a Bar of Soap
Ukraine
Part One A Song Needs Someone to Sing With
Ukraine
Part Two The Table We Make Together
Ukraine
Part Three Rebuilding a Place to Gather
Ukraine
Part Four A Full House in Wartime
Bonwire, Ghana
The Thread That Holds: Kente, Identity, and the Fight for Survival in Bonwire
Tarragona, Spain
The Weight of the Square: Castells in Tarragona
Seoul, South Korea
The Hands That Remember: Kimjang in a Changing Seoul
Aotearoa New Zealand
The Star That Wins the Year
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
The Stirring Pot: How Sumanak Anchors Belonging in Dushanbe
Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
The Weight of Blue: Indigo, Labor, and the Living Economy of Tokushima
Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico
The Living Soil of Xochimilco
Detroit & Belleville, United States
The future had a Detroit frequency.
Lisbon, Portugal
A city finds its voice.
New Orleans, United States
The city that dances together.
Teotitlán del Valle, Mexico