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Welcome to Jan Geerinck's Jahsonic: a vocabulary of culture, a website exploring the boundaries, bridges and intersections of culture. The term vocabulary in the title of the website refers to all words on the 5,500 pages; it functions as a controlled vocabulary or a taxonomy. The title itself is inspired by Raymond Williams's 1976 Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, in which he explores the sometimes hidden meanings of words and terms in the discourse on culture.

It is hard to define a site like Jahsonic.com, but if anything, it is a testament to the value of serendipity (wich means finding something unexpected and useful while searching for something else entirely).

There are a couple of ways to use the site. The best way for novices is to start with the magazine or the gallery. Another way to use the site is entering keywords in the search engine on the index page to look up particular words, terms, people, places, films, audio recordings, etc. And a third way is browsing it by clicking any link or the "next" button at the top of the page. These links are highlighted in green.

You can support this website by buying the featured books, CDs and DVDs, or the non featured vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, t-shirts, computers, mobile phones, etc, ...

I hope you find Jahsonic a place of inspiration, learning and intellectual stimulation. The journey is the reward!