Stories from workers abroad before the Internet
World Turning contributors ventured from their home countries to work in an analog world, no mobile phones, apps, GPS, digital cameras, Skype, email, websites, blogs, or social media. Tales of their odysseys stayed within circles of personal acquaintance, until now.
The Stories
Original text, photo, audio, film, and video portrayals
- all true
- told with care for the places, people, and events of the times
- open to friendly discussion online
The Network
Contributors
Journalists, Peace Corps volunteers, researchers, nonprofit workers, teachers, employees on tours of duty, even Bible translators in some seriously remote places, each lived and worked for at least a year before the mid-1990s in a country not his or her own. Bios, contact info, and, for some, current websites, blogs, and work
Invitation
Criteria, encouragement, and contacts for potential contributors
Friends
Links to kindred folks wherever
