Firestorm in Cauca, Colombia
One year ago, on July 9, 2011, the FARC guerrillas planted a bomb on a chiva in Toribio, Cauca. In a sort of twisted anniversarial spirit, the firestorm has re-ignited … Continue reading
Week Five Recap
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 (from Elfreth’s Alley Archaeology) This past week flew by, but we have continued our progress and finished excavating Units 5 and 6. We had a brief … Continue reading
Week Four Recap
Monday, July 9, 2012 (From Elfreth’s Alley Archaeology) Week Four’s recap is written by Matt Kalos, another Temple University graduate student studying historical archaeology, who has been helping out at … Continue reading
Week Three Recap
Sunday, July 1, 2012 (from Elfreth’s Alley Archaeology) We concluded our third week of excavation yesterday and have kept the momentum going. This week work continued on Units 6, 7, … Continue reading
Anthropologist: The Language Learner
Well it’s that time of year again. All around the world students, professors, and a whole host of other people who identify as anthropologists have run off to “fieldsites” for … Continue reading
hostage media: Roméo Langlois in Colombia
In the news world, Colombia doesn’t get much airtime. Afghanistan and Iraq make news every day, given that, say, there are wars of sorts going on in those countries. While … Continue reading
Volunteer Sign Up Sheet
(from Elfreth’s Alley Archaeology) The Online Sign Up Sheet for volunteering with the excavation at Elfreth’s Alley this summer is up and running! Be sure to read all the directions … Continue reading
Timbuctoo making headlines
We are happy to announce that Timbuctoo, the field site of Chris Barton and Dr. Dave Orr in Westampton, NJ, made headlines this weekend as black Civil War soldiers were … Continue reading
write field notes in the morning
A reassuring detail that I often come across about writers’ lives is that writing seems as hard for them as it does for the rest of us. Going through last … Continue reading
“Seems Like an 82”: Subjective Assessment and the Problem of Value in Higher Education
Well, it is that time of the year again. Grades. We give them, we get them, but what does it mean? Being a graduate student puts you in an interesting … Continue reading
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