Top Stories published by World Unwrapped in 2015

From Conch to Tutu: A Musical Instrument & A Signal Horn

by Opal Palmer Adisa

From October through May is the conch season in St Croix, USVI. Conch is eaten widely, and prepared in a variety of dishes, but what many do not realize is that the shell is as valuable…


The Master of Banana Leaf Art

Ras Hailu is from the

island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean. He is the creator of Banana Leaf art and has been creating art out of banana leaves ever since he was a little boy when his parents


Can you smell gentrification? You can in The Mission!

Last week I read a very interesting article on CityLab about a study that created a city map by identifying smells. The article, “Mapping Your City’s Smells,” shows how a group of data scientist at Cambridge used city smells in tandem…


The Graffiti Streets in Ghent

Project Lead: City of Ghent, Community Artists and the public

Ghent is a wonderful city in the Flanders region of Belgium. Although I could write a lot about the values of the city, the creativity that happens with neighborhood projects, and the…

These were the top 10 stories published by World Unwrapped in 2015. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2015 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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