Transnational Counter-monuments
Long before some monuments to enslavers began to tumble down recently, monuments were being erected in Latin America and the Caribbean not to forget the transatlantic slave…
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Theme: Science and the Environment
Pandemic and Museums
English + Español
Museums navigate the challenges of satisfying the interests and curiosity of their patrons. Many crave to gawk at unusual, rare, strange, interesting or beautiful objects but…
Harvard’s Farmland Investments in Brazil
In the Spring of 2021, I came across a group of international researchers and activists who had been investigating Harvard’s farmland investments in Brazil and worldwide. As a member of the…
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Collective Isolation in the Sibundoy Valley, Putumayo-Colombia-2020
I was in the Sibundoy Valley, in the Colombian Amazon basin, visiting friends of the indigenous Kamëntza community in February 2020. I realized soon that the pandemic was…
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Learning and Hope in Sinaloa
English + Español
Adapting to the challenges of grad school while also working a full-time job and raising children in a pandemic has not been easy. But with great effort comes reward. And by far, the…