jumping off
“i wonder what my life would have been like, A-Te,” said K, “if i had jumped off the boat in new york. who knows? if i had been an american, Continue Reading →
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playing with gender
one thing that no one ever tells you when you go to do fieldwork is how important it is to pay attention to furniture. recently, much of my observations at Continue Reading →
mi amor, porque te vas
it turned out that the song the faki mentioned was not an uruguayan song after all, but one that had shared meaning in the context of the relationships that formed Continue Reading →
what does democracy sound like?
in an earlier post during the 2012 elections, i asked this question as sound trucks passed by my residence; and now, with a local election finished not too long ago, Continue Reading →
tourism and mythology
last week, i had an ambivalent experience of visiting a natural wonder well worth visiting from a natural history perspective; yet, my visit left me worried that i was trespassing. Continue Reading →
