Man in the World
The more I travel, learn and experience, the more I realize how little I know of the world
About
An anthropologist from the University of Iceland and teacher with avid interest in ethnohistorical issues, Native Americans and political and social justice. My blog will reflect those interests. Personal note, I am married to Gudny Gudjonsdottir, a fellow traveler in life. We have two…
Native Americans
On this page will appear articles on Native American nations over whose lands I have traveled. The views expressed here are my own. I hope you will enjoy them whether you agree with what I am saying or not. Live long and prosper!
Travels
I would really like to travel to as many countries, regions, cities and villages as I possibly can. Traveling enriches the mind and nourishes the soul! The places I have been to are: Scotland – Glasgow England – London France – Paris, Lyon, Séte,…
Mayans in the Modern World: People With a Celebrated History Downtrodden in the Present
This is a love-and-hate story being played out in real life in the Yucutan Peninsula. On the one hand we have the indigenous Mayans of the Yucatán Peninsula who have a fascinating and world renown history of cities, pyramids, remarkable science achievements, writing, roads,…
New York, New York: The City of Immigrants on Stolen Land
Known in Lenape time as Manaháhtaan on a river called Muhheakantuck, part of the ancestral domain of the Lenape-speaking peoples that inhabited the Lenapehoking. Today this territory stretches from Virginia to New England and Manhattan now is a borough within New York City that…
Cuba Libre! Being Stuck in a Timeloop
Went to Cuba for a couple of days. An interesting experience to say the least. Met both kindness and rudeness from the locals. Cuba has often been described as the great socialist experiment, especially by those not living the day-to-day life there. But, as…
Posted on 13. July, 2018 by Man in the World
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