And babies (Art Workers' Coaliation, 1969)

Described as one of the most futile wars of the US, Vietnam war did not sit well with her people from early on. US journalist Mike Wallace conducted an interview with US soldier Paul Meadlo in which the soldier described the procedure of the massacre, answering in affirmative when asked if babies were killed too.

The Art Workers' Coaliation in NY used 2 exact dialogues from their interview into building this poster as resistance against the war.

The atrocities committed during the war, particularly the My Lai massacre where this photograph was taken, are best left unsaid.

Udu (Igbo women, Nigeria)

The sound of a culture is also a window into the lifestyle of the culture -- especially when we observe its production, prioritisation and utilization.

The Udu doubles as a water pitcher for the Igbo and Hausa people of Nigeria, Africa.

There is not much to say as of yet. I will add as time goes.

Matryoshka dolls (Russia) and Story within a story (Humanity)

aka. Russian stacking doll, nesting doll, Russian doll.

It is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another.

What is interesting is that nested narratives (like 1001 Arabian Nights) are also called Matryoshka stories. The connotation has also expanded in recent years to find technological connotations: Matryoshka Representation Learning in AI, Matryoshka Brain in futuristic structures, Matryoshka Video Format in Video Technology, amongst others.

Etymologically, Matryoshka is a diminutive (conveys that something is small) form of Matryosha (Матрёша), in turn a hypocorism (pet name) of the Russian female first name Matryona (Матрёна), which is taken from the Latin root Mater, meaning mother. So Matryoshka, a common 19th century Russian peasantry name, conveys "Little Mother".