“Rebuilding Shattered Worlds,” by Smith and Eisenstein, was such an interesting read. I had no idea that this entire community existed right in Easton, or about the history behind this “urban renewal.” This tells the story of elderly people from Easton who regularly come together to remember and discuss “Syrian …
In the piece “Ships Stranded in the Forest,” Gordillo tells the story of the ruins of steamboats left in the forest near a deserted, rural town called Rivadiva. The ships’ ruins correspond directly with the dramatic decline of the town, and now that no one is alive who saw the …
In this blog, I’ll first start with the readings about memorialization and connect them to the 9/11 memorial, and end with my …
The Politics of Dead Bodies, by Katherine Verdery. In this piece, Verdery examines the practice and significance of exhuming and moving dead …
Listening for History by Alejandra Bronfman and Christine Ehrick In their short article, Bronfman and Ehrick discuss the importance of music in …
Professor Lloyd Barba In his lecture, Professor Barba examined Mexican migrant farm workers in the central valley of California. His research focused …
Family Frames by Marianne Hirsh (1997) This article draws from the other assigned reading we did for this class, Camera Lucida by …
Dignifying the Guerillero, Not the Assassin, by Kristen Weld (2012) This article told the story of the archival work done to uncover …
Archive originally meant an address or house of the magistrates, or those who had political power. Therefore, the meaning of archive changed …
Orality and Literature, by Ong This was a fascinating chapter about the development of writing, how it was viewed by past civilizations, …