Background: I wrote the following intellectual mission statement almost two years ago in September of 2008 when I was travelling the Eastern Mediterranean as a lone wolf, wandering like my Homeric idol and looking back on the thoughts and experiences that brought me there.
Human beings never cease to fascinate me. There is a seemingly endless amount of cultures to study, both past and present, that live in their own unique way. Their stories, modes of behavior, material culture and…
