Circulation
Before the Phrasebook, Travelers Carried Words Across Languages
Travel language aids show how words crossed borders before phrasebooks: learn how lists, glossaries, and guides…
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Circulation
The routes by which stories, objects and concepts reach new audiences.
Our point of view
An idea never travels unchanged
We look at the small shifts that happen in transit: a new word, a different use, an unexpected reading. Following those changes can make the world feel less like a set of separate boxes.