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Preparing for Take Off
Posted by: Steven Townsend
In just a few days, I will be boarding an airplane to fly to Peru and meet up with 19 other students to explore the intricacies of Indigeneity. We will explore this topic through Peruvian literature while immersing ourselves in Peru’s rich and vibrant culture. Whenever someone asked me where I wanted to travel next, […] read full post >>
Pre-Departure Blog Post
Posted by: CarolineB
Hi I’m Caroline! I am a third year in the B+MM program, AKA the Bachelor’s plus Masters of Management dual degree program. I’m majoring in history, which has been a lifelong interest of mine. I love to travel, I have travelled with my family throughout my life, and I have been independent more recently, as I spent a bulk of last summer abroad alone in Copenhagen and travelled around Europe from there. Some stuff about me is that I love to read, bake, and embroider, and I have a seven year old mini poodle named Ben (picture below). read full post >>
Introduction
Posted by: adammah
Hi there! My name is Adam. I’m going into my fourth year studying English literature, and am excited to be taking part in a seminar abroad for six weeks this summer in Peru, with the theme “Making and Unmaking Indigeneity in the Andes.” We will be thinking about and discussing how the notion of Indigeneity […] read full post >>
1. The pre-pilot
Posted by: niki afsharpour
Hello, world! 🙂 I’m Niki and I’m going to Peru. I’m going as one of a group of learners, taking a global seminar course in Latin American Studies about the making and unmaking of Indigeneity in the Andes. I’ll be posting blogs about what we read and my experiences in Peru as we travel through […] read full post >>
T-3 to Peru
Posted by: Jon
My plane leaves Monday evening. so this is the last weekend in Vancouver before the trip. Arrangements continue… Just this afternoon, for instance, one of the museums we’ll be visiting (the Museo Larco) wrote to tell me that their charges … Continue reading read full post >>
Peru . . . Here I Come!
Posted by: zyasmin
It’s 10:15. How much longer are we going to be here? We said we’d be back home by 10:30, but it doesn’t look like that’s the case, because there is no sign of anyone wanting to go home. How do I get out of this? My heart starts to pound and my forehead starts to […] read full post >>
The Lettered City
Posted by: Jon
In The Lettered City, Angel Rama stresses the utopian dimensions (literally) built in to the colonial cities of Latin America. For here, the plan came first, often with scant regard for the material (or human) environment. The classic grid system, … Continue reading read full post >>
The Lettered City
Posted by: Jon
In The Lettered City, Angel Rama stresses the utopian dimensions (literally) built in to the colonial cities of Latin America. For here, the plan came first, often with scant regard for the material (or human) environment. The classic grid system, … Continue reading read full post >>
Intro post
Posted by: morgan cooper
Hi all! I am looking forward to meeting up with you all in just a few days now as we begin our journey in Peru. I am a (now graduated) Spanish student with specific interest in Latin American art and culture. I grew up in the US originally, but now live full time in Vancouver […] read full post >>
