Firefly Dynamics
As the mestizo grandson of Bolivian Indigenous farmers and Scottish aristocratic landowners, I’ve long been fascinated by social mixing and mobility. Growing up in the…
Read MoreMar 24, 2022 | Middle Class: Identity and Challenges, Upstairs, Downstairs
As the mestizo grandson of Bolivian Indigenous farmers and Scottish aristocratic landowners, I’ve long been fascinated by social mixing and mobility. Growing up in the…
Read MoreMar 24, 2022 | Middle Class: Identity and Challenges, Upstairs, Downstairs
English + Español
Any academic who reaches a certain age can attest to having lived through at least one or two revolutions within their disciplines. Work can be divided into a before and an after, signalled…
Mar 24, 2022 | Middle Class: Identity and Challenges, Upstairs, Downstairs
English + Español
I remember reading in high school the play by Florencio Sánchez, “M’hijo, el dotor” [My son, the doctor], the story of a peasant’s son who studies at the university and becomes…
Mar 17, 2022 | Student Views
English + Español
I don’t recall exactly when I began to appreciate the communal life that surrounded me as I grew up in my home neighborhood Vila União in Brazil. Before organized violence claimed…
Mar 10, 2022 | COVID March 2022, Student Views
English + Español
In March 2020, I was notified of my acceptance to the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) to complete a Master of Arts in Public Administration as part of the Mason Program and Mid-Career cohort…
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