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My name is Rebecca. I attend the Bard Graduate Center in NYC for an M.A. in the Decorative Arts. I earned my B.A. in art history at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. I have also studied at University of Delaware, John Cabot University in Rome, University of Cambridge, and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. I am an editorial assistant for smARThistory.org, which won the 2009 Webby Award for Best Educational Site.

Main areas of interest include "Barbarian" grave goods, jewelry of ancient cultures, medieval magic, and material and visual culture of video games. Above all, I just love learning. Piacere!

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For those of you who want to read about my adventures abroad, starting from the very beginning, you may read everything I have posted about Italy in general, about my semester in Rome, or in Milan.

Jun 03
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socialinventors: very nice overview! ayse: Founded in 1983 by Muhammad Yunus, the Grameen Bank (Grameen is Bangledeshi for “village”) provides small loans to rural borrowers in Bangladesh. In the years since, the Bank has become so succesful (Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006) that a whole community of Grameen enterprises—known as the Grameen Bank Family of Companies—have sprung up around it. Some bring phone service to poor Bangledeshis, while others invest in technology startups. The whole range of companies is like a massive, multinational corporation, except this company’s goal is social change. (via Transparency: Grameen Bank | GOOD) I had the pleasure of hearing Muhammad Yunus speak a couple of months ago. Lending to the poorest people in the world has proven to be good business. Unlike ours, his banks are still solvent. Microlending works! I’m actually studying Yunus’ book “The Banker of the Poor,” at the moment for my Cultural Anthropology course. I’m reading the Italian version since my course is in Italian, and even in another language his wisdom shines through. Everyone should consider the advice he has to give.

socialinventors:

very nice overview!

ayse:

Founded in 1983 by Muhammad Yunus, the Grameen Bank (Grameen is Bangledeshi for “village”) provides small loans to rural borrowers in Bangladesh. In the years since, the Bank has become so succesful (Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006) that a whole community of Grameen enterprises—known as the Grameen Bank Family of Companies—have sprung up around it. Some bring phone service to poor Bangledeshis, while others invest in technology startups. The whole range of companies is like a massive, multinational corporation, except this company’s goal is social change. (via Transparency: Grameen Bank | GOOD)

I had the pleasure of hearing Muhammad Yunus speak a couple of months ago. Lending to the poorest people in the world has proven to be good business. Unlike ours, his banks are still solvent. Microlending works!

I’m actually studying Yunus’ book “The Banker of the Poor,” at the moment for my Cultural Anthropology course. I’m reading the Italian version since my course is in Italian, and even in another language his wisdom shines through. Everyone should consider the advice he has to give.

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