Category Archives: academia

… when we try to use our brains….

esther maagdenberg

while traveling last fall i had the most amazing opportunity to meet some talented, inspiring, dedicated film making anthropologists and artists. one of these amazing people was esther maagdenberg! this morning esther forwarded me the address of her newly launched … Continue reading

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castles built in sand collective

a good comrade/friend/ally that i met in manchester last november sent me a link to his new collective- castles built in sand Interpretations of a Demonstration from castlesbuiltinsand. check them out- they are a manchester based group of visual anthropologists, … Continue reading

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finally!!

At long last, I have finally had the time to export, compress and upload the film that Emily, Jeremy and I did for ANTH478- Ethnographic Film. Making this film has been an incredibly challenging learning experience from pre-production all the … Continue reading

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the 8th 23rd

today is the 23rd of february. 2010. miss you, trish. the past week an a half has blown by and i’m honoured to have spent all my time surrounded by such great people at such awesome events. i’m taking the … Continue reading

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oh dear….

i’m taking an ethnomusicology course and the topic of orientalism/occidentalism was brought up. it’s difficult being a student of decolonization theory sitting in the class where the prof is just skimming over the basics of theory for the benefit of … Continue reading

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reflections on family

today is my niece Rome’s birthday. and it is my sister’s birthing-day. she gave birth to little Rome-a-loo one year ago today. so, congrats to her and hooray, our clan gets larger. i am working on a family oral history … Continue reading

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catching up…

ack! long time, no blog. school has been keeping me pretty busy, plus i got a new job at the Museum of Anthropology!!! I’ll be working as a technical writer for their Reciprocal Research Network which will open a lot … Continue reading

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