As someone who has some very niche interests, I have always loved and identified with the ‘small worlds’ that human beings create. This themed collection includes my writings about a number of small worlds – everything from the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, to collectors of military rations. My most ambitious attempt to write about small worlds was the book project The Best Waterskier In Luxembourg, the subject of a related collection.
In 2012, I gave a TEDx talk in Krakow in which I extolled the power of small worlds:
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Ethan Cain speaks to Keith Kahn-Harris about how the unremarked-upon aspects of communities and cultures can be the most important
Publication Date: March 4, 2025
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Small worlds
Category: Interviews
Understandably, many Jews have reservations abut Poland. Today, baseball is helping change that, one game at a time
Publication Date: June 7, 2023
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Personal/Memoire, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
On Saturday 14 March - during the last weekend before work, school and shops started to close – my son and I sat down to dine on a French 24-hour military ration. Earlier, we had excitedly unpacked the contents of the box of delights and laid it out carefully on my bedroom floor
Publication Date: July 6, 2020
Theme: Miscellaneous, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: April 14, 2020
Theme: Miscellaneous, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
This well-timed collection attempts to understand what nationality means in the territory, says Keith Kahn-Harris
Publication Date: February 28, 2019
Theme: Small worlds
Category: Book reviews
The British Overseas Territory has long existed between two cultures, but the UK’s decision to leave the EU has magnified uncertainty over its place in the world.
Publication Date: June 11, 2018
Theme: Best Of, Miscellaneous, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
Date: June 19, 2017
Theme: Small worlds, The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg
Category: Podcasts
Contrary to the stereotypes, Gibraltar is no little Britain. But, ignored by liberals, it’s been sold down the river by a Brexit-obsessed right
Publication Date: April 4, 2017
Theme: Politics, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: July 1, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: July 1, 2015
Theme: Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: June 25, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
This was intended to be the second chapter of the book 'The Best Waterskier in Luxembourg: Tales of Big Fish in Small Ponds' but, after completing it, the crowd-funding campaign with Unbound stalled. Surprisingly though, this chapter has been tracked down by citizens of Alderney, a number of whom told me I was spot on in my take on the island.
Publication Date: January 20, 2014
Theme: Small worlds, The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg
Category: Journalism and essays
Date: 2014
Theme: Small worlds, The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg
Category: Podcasts
Keith Kahn-Harris loved getting lost on the tiny Channel Island
Publication Date: February 1, 2013
Theme: Miscellaneous, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
In praise of small worlds.
Date: September 21, 2012
Theme: Best Of, Small worlds, The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg
Category: Other talks (selected), Videos
Date: November 5, 2011
Theme: Personal/Memoire, Small worlds, The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg
Category: Other talks (selected)
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