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Timeless Life in the Grand Bazaar: The Rise and Fall of Turkey’s Marketplace
- anm89 7y agoOne thing that struck me as I read this was the idea that I had always assumed that the loss of authenticity in markets was a modern thing, that they had changed to be more accommodating to tourists as time went by and as the volume of tourists increased. But it seems like even well over a century ago at least some of the merchants were selling more of an appealing facade of their culture aimed at tourists in the markets.
- bobbygoodlatte 7y agoThat makes sense. But even if the trinkets were just a facade of culture, they were at least more unique back then. I visited the Grand Bazaar about 6 years ago and remember seeing the exact same mass-produced products in many of the shops. Globalization & mass manufacturing made the trinkets you can find in the Bazaar a lot more homogenous :-/