Cloth from Viking and medieval archaeological sites shows that women literally made the money in the North Atlantic. Interesting to see direct evidence of now ecological changes (from climate change) influenced weaving style choices

Even as globalization accelerates trans-global and supra-territorial connections, matrices of prejudice and stereotypes about 'the other' from past centuries remain, in old and new forms. This fact is borne out daily in crisis regions where ethnicity, migration, and the history of colonial and imperial adventure have left their legacies, including the Balkans. Various contemporary processes stimulate the appearance of new figures and stereotypes for ‘others’ on local, national, regional, international, and global levels.