Sometimes traveling I feel like life transcends reality. Today was one of those days as we made what our professor termed an “enforced march” out of town. In reality, it was a beautiful twenty-minute stroll through lovely fields. At this point, many members of our class, including myself, were unsure of our final destination. We …
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Popsicles!
Today was another free day! We decided to see as much of London as possible. We left the hostel bright and early and walked to the National Portrait Gallery. Once we were “all-portraited-out,” we decided to walk to Buckingham Palace. After consulting the map, we discovered that walking along The Mall seemed like the easiest …
Eating Grapes with Chopsticks
We all know that the only food London is really famous for is its fish and chips. Having recently found out that I am lactose and gluten intolerant, I wasn’t sure how easy eating in London was going to be. Here’s what I’ve found: Eating out is actually fairly easy. Besides its fish and chips, …
GS 554 — Native American Perspectives: Education for Extinction
The beginning of our examination of indigenous perspectives of education included a discussion of information from the text Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience 1875-1928 by David Wallace Adams. Chris Teuton delivered a myth-challenging “Indians 1491” lecture. Areas of focus included: indigenous population numbers, intertribal trade, disease and its role in …
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GS 554 — Reimagining the Gendered Classics: The Bluest Eye
The following are some highlights from our discussion of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: Themes: The complexity of the role of black women in art, literature, Civil Rights, and continually evolving hierarchies (both in the family and society). The projection, condemnation, and internalization of anger as a result of feelings of unworthiness. The cyclical nature …
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The Other Side
I saw my first homeless person in London today. It broke my heart, more so than back at home. I think it’s because he was sitting in a tube station and hundreds of people were rushing past him, in their fancy suits on their fancy phones, talking in their fancy accents. He had his head …
Invisible Art
Yesterday afternoon, before seeing King Henry V at the Globe Theater, another student and I went to the Hayward Gallery to see their Invisible art exhibit. It was an incredibly interesting experience! The various works of art on display were all very different interpretations of the idea of art as invisible. One display was a …
Some Words on Words.
I’ve been living in a smoke of words since arriving on Monday. A good smoke. Not a bad smoke. Not wild fires licking your home smoke, but the other kind. Sweet. Maybe a bit spicy. Edible, floral, make it what you will. Cities are made of words. Or, no, not just cities, such a claim …
Traveling like a Tourist
While I am certainly not as well traveled as most on CC campus, I have discovered over the past year that I absolutely hate feeling like a tourist. The idea of sitting on a tour bus, or merely shuffling around a city, a country looking at all the “places you have to go” seems so …
