Rebuilding Shattered Worlds & Saving College Hill
“Rebuilding Shattered Worlds,” by Smith and Eisenstein, was such an interesting read. I had no idea that this entire community existed right …
Steel Stacks and Readings
In the piece “Ships Stranded in the Forest,” Gordillo tells the story of the ruins of steamboats left in the forest near …
9/11 Memorial Blog
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
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
Listening for History by Alejandra Bronfman and Christine Ehrick In their short article, Bronfman and Ehrick discuss the importance of music in …
Capturing the Sacred: American Photography and Mexican Farmworkers
Professor Lloyd Barba In his lecture, Professor Barba examined Mexican migrant farm workers in the central valley of California. His research focused …
Family Frames
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
Dignifying the Guerillero, Not the Assassin, by Kristen Weld (2012) This article told the story of the archival work done to uncover …
Archive Fever by Derrida
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
Orality and Literature, by Ong This was a fascinating chapter about the development of writing, how it was viewed by past civilizations, …