I figured a final update on the "Culturally Aware in 2012" challenge was in order.
Here's a list of books I completed this year (bold items are those which are since my April 5th update):
1/30 Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
3/30 Rule of St. Benedict
4/30 Life of Charlemagne by Einhard
5/30 Song of Roland
6/30 History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault
7/30 The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (compiled by Penguin Classics)
8/30 Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
9/30 Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach
10/30 Regulating Aversion by Wendy Brown
11/30 Gaza in Crisis by Noam Chomsky
12/30 Dead Aid by Zambisa Moyo
13/30 God in Pain by Slavoj Zizek and Gunjevic
14/30 O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
15/30 Candide by Voltaire
16/30 Republic by Plato
17/30 The Clouds by Aristophanes
18/30 Nicomachaen Ethics by Aristotle
19/30 The Politics by Aristotle
20/30 The Tempest by Shakespeare
21/30 The Prince by Machiavelli
22/30 Utopia by Sir Thomas More
23/30 Golden Booklet of the Christian Life by John Calvin
24/30 Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
25/30 Thoughts by Blaise Pascal
26/30 Discourse on Method by Rene Descartes
27/30 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathon Swift
28/30 The Year of Dreaming Dangerously by Slavoj Zizek
29/30 The Middle East edited by Ellen Lust
30/30 Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius
(there are a few others, but I can't remember right now)
And I've seen way more movies than the twenty I shot for, I can assure you!
New museums/galleries:
1/10 - HIGH Museum in Atlanta - Picasso to Warhol
2/10 - Upcountry History Museum in Greenville - Folk Art
Okay, museums is a little disappointing. I haven't been to one since April!
New cities:
1/5 - Spartanburg, SC
2-5 - Cities in Africa I stayed in and saw animals around over the summer. Yay!
All in all, this was an interesting thing to keep track of, but I'm not going to do it next year. I'll have a completely new resolution that bears no relation to this one. :)
Happy New Year!
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