Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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"The Shop Owner in Old Jerusalem (And a Nuanced Lesson in Perspective and Narrative)," a new short in my Human Stories:
#HumanStories #Jerusalem #Israel #ירושלים #ישראל #ألقدس
#travel #TravelPhotography @travel
#HumanStories #jerusalem #israel #ירושלים #ישראל #ألقدس #travel #travelphotography
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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"The Immigrant Man and the Immigrant Girl," new on my #HumanStories -- https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/shorts/the-immigrant-man-and-the-immigrant-girl/
"There in front of me was the whole #immigration debate in a nutshell: a girl fleeing a country where she was valued less even than the clothes she wore, a new country that took her in, and a local population increasingly fed up with #immigrants."
#Sweden #Stockholm #SwedenDemocrats #Sverigedemokraterna #travel #equity #equality @travel #CurrentEvents #Afghanistan #Taliban #GamlaStan
#HumanStories #immigration #immigrants #sweden #stockholm #swedendemocrats #sverigedemokraterna #travel #equity #equality #CurrentEvents #afghanistan #taliban #gamlastan
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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"Bath, UK: Two Cities in One" --- a new travel postcard from my "Human Stories."
Bath, UK is two cities in one, and you really, I mean REALLY, don't want to miss it. Read why: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/postcards/bath-uk-two-cities-in-one/
#travel #postcard #TravelPostcard #HumanStories #Bath #BathUK
#travel #postcard #travelpostcard #HumanStories #bath #bathuk
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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"Who should get a bigger tip: a waiter who gave me good service or a waiter who really needs the money? Does it matter if the waiter’s values clash with my own?"
These and other questions are on my mind as I recall a recent taxi ride. "The Taxi Driver — And How I May Have Aided and Abetted the Enemy," a short in my #HumanStories series: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/shorts/the-taxi-driver-1-and-how-i-may-have-aided-and-abetted-the-enemy/#tips
#TippingCulture @sociology #Uber #DoorDash #TaxiDriver #writing #ShortStory #ShortStories #MicroFiction #writers #WritingCommunity
#HumanStories #tippingculture #uber #doordash #taxidriver #writing #shortstory #shortstories #microfiction #writers #writingcommunity
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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"The Taxi Driver — And How I May Have Aided and Abetted the Enemy"
My #taxi driver sat ramrod straight, and exhibited a confusing mixture of subservience and independence. Halfway through the ride I figured out who he was. And it was a problem for me.
A new short in my #HumanStories series: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/shorts/the-taxi-driver-1-and-how-i-may-have-aided-and-abetted-the-enemy/
#charity #cultures #DoorDash #equity #Instacart #LaGuardia #LGA #NewYorkCity #NYC #Starbucks #taxidriver #taxidrivers #taxis #tipculture #tippingculture #tips #Uber #gigeconomy
#taxi #HumanStories #charity #cultures #doordash #equity #instacart #LaGuardia #lga #newyorkcity #nyc #starbucks #taxidriver #taxidrivers #taxis #tipculture #tippingculture #tips #uber #gigeconomy
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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I have a complicated relationship with #Ukraine, because right there on one of their bills they honor a man who killed many of my ancestors.
"Five Hryvnia in Ukraine and the Man who Killed My Ancestors," from my "World in Currency" series -- https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/series/the-world-in-currency/five-hryvnia-in-ukraine-and-the-man-who-killed-my-ancestors/
(This was also where I either was or wasn't followed by the secret police, and where I certainly had to grapple with a wealth gap in real way.)
#ukraine #worldincurrency #travel #CurrentEvents #HumanStories
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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Is it okay that this 15-year-old girl spends her days carrying water instead of attending school? What if she doesn't mind? Is happiness even the question here? #HumanStories
https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/postcards/the-girl-carrying-water/
@sociology #India #wealth #poverty #childlabor #happiness #culture
#HumanStories #india #wealth #poverty #childlabor #happiness #culture
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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On a chilly winter day I woke up at 4:00am and excitedly put my camera gear together for a day of adventure. What would I see at #Rajaji National Park, the picturesque and sparsely visited wildlife refuge near the foothills of the Himalayas in India, best known for its frequent leopard sightings? 🐆
Find out: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/postcards/rajaji-national-park/
#HumanStories #wildlife #photography #WildlifePhotography #India @photography
#rajaji #HumanStories #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #india
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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"Fire and Water at the Ganges," a new postcard in my "Human Stories" — https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/postcards/fire-and-water-at-the-ganges/
#travel #photography #travelphotography #Ganges #India #aarti #Haridwar #HumanStories @photography #WritingCommunity #writing #WritersCommunity #writers #religion @religion @religiousstudies #sociology @sociology
#travel #photography #travelphotography #ganges #india #aarti #haridwar #HumanStories #writingcommunity #writing #writerscommunity #writers #Religion #sociology
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
454 followers · 314 posts · Server newsie.social#OTD in 1956 #Morocco declared independence. Here are some thoughts from my visit: "100 Dirham in Morocco and the Surprising Result of Bribing a Policeman" -- https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/series/the-world-in-currency/100-dirham-in-morocco-and-the-surprising-result-of-bribing-a-policeman/
#HumanStories #travel #TravelPhotography #photography #OnThisDay #politics #democracy #bribe #corruption #cultures #currency #MiddleAtlas #MohammedVI #police #Sefrou #المغرب
#otd #morocco #HumanStories #travel #travelphotography #photography #onthisday #politics #Democracy #bribe #Corruption #cultures #currency #middleatlas #mohammedvi #Police #sefrou #المغرب
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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"The Children at the Parade," a new postcard on my Human Stories site -- https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/postcards/the-children-at-the-parade/
#HumanStories #travel #writing #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #NewOrleans #NoLa
#HumanStories #travel #writing #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #neworleans #NOLA
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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#MLK’s hierarchy of character over color has been quoted so often that it’s practically cliche. And yet...
I’ve traveled the world and seen how prejudice hurts individuals and devalues societies and their contributions.
On a personal level, I wonder: Would I have taken this photo if the dancer was white? I honestly don’t know.
#MartinLutherKing #humanity #HumanStories #quote #quotes #travel #photography #TravelPhotography @photography #PhotoMonday #FotoMontag
#mlk #MartinLutherKing #Humanity #HumanStories #quote #quotes #travel #photography #travelphotography #Photomonday #FotoMontag
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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#ThrowBackThursday to my trip to #Mumbai, #India, and the vendress I saw there.
"This pair at a market in Mumbai, India struck me with their immense contrast. A man and a woman. Young and old. Western clothes and eastern attire. Buyer and seller. But mostly a towering giant and a fragile Lilliputian."
Keep reading: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/shorts/the-vendress/
#travel #photography #TravelPhotography #StreetPhotography #HumanStories @photography
#throwbackthursday #mumbai #india #travel #photography #travelphotography #StreetPhotography #HumanStories
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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#ThrowBackThursday to my trip to #India: a man crossing the street in #Mumbai.
Throughout India, traffic is both the same as in the US and completely, totally, fundamentally different — much like India itself.
#travel #photography #TravelPhotography #TravelPhoto #HumanStories #StreetPhotography @photography
#throwbackthursday #india #mumbai #whoremembersfrogger #travel #photography #travelphotography #travelphoto #HumanStories #StreetPhotography
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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#Morocco is still on my mind. Here's another memory from my recent trip, when we got a #police escort in #Sefrou for a reason I have yet to understand. "My Police Escort (But Why?)" -- https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/postcards/my-police-escort-but-why/
#morocco #Police #sefrou #HumanStories #travel #photography #travelphotography
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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In honor of #Morocco's win at the #WorldCup, a look back at "100 Dirham in Morocco and the Surprising Result of Bribing a Policeman" from my "World in Currency" series: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/series/the-world-in-currency/100-dirham-in-morocco-and-the-surprising-result-of-bribing-a-policeman/
#HumanStories #WorldInCurrency #WorldCup2022 #travel #travelphotography #writing #photography #WritingCommunity #writers #WritersCommunity @photography @sociology
#morocco #worldcup #HumanStories #worldincurrency #worldcup2022 #travel #travelphotography #writing #photography #writingcommunity #writers #writerscommunity
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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Costa Rica has no military, a fact they celebrate #OnThisDay. I wrote about it here as part of my "World in Currency" series: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/series/the-world-in-currency/5000-colones-in-costa-rica/ ["5,000 Colones in Costa Rica"]
Happy Día de la Abolición del Ejército, Costa Rica!
#otd #CostaRica #puravida #HumanStories #military #history @histodons #MilitaryHistory #WorldInCurrency
#onthisday #otd #CostaRica #puravida #HumanStories #military #history #militaryhistory #worldincurrency
Joel M. Hoffman, PhD · @JoelMHoffmanPhD
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When I saw this #cat sleeping in a busy #Mumbai market, I thought "a cat," not "an Indian cat." Then I started to wonder: are cats more or less different across the world than people?
More: https://joelmhoffman.com/Human-Stories/shorts/on-cats-and-people/
(Getting a head-start on #Caturday. Hope that's okay.)
#cats #catsofmastodon #travel #photography #TravelPhotography #photo #potd #HumanStories #India #philosophy @philosophy #writing #writers #writingcommunity #publishing #Saturday
#cat #mumbai #caturday #cats #catsofmastodon #travel #photography #travelphotography #photo #potd #HumanStories #india #philosophy #writing #writers #writingcommunity #publishing #saturday