(This post is late in coming so it’s a collection of some notes over the course of the past two weeks) It rained today. The sand is stained red and tiny droplets inch off the leaves. I woke this morning to hear it, only to think my mind was fooling me. It was the wind […]
Read more "First impressions of Dadaab"In about a week, I’m packing up my belongings, leaving Henna-the-cat with Paul-the-other, and traveling to Kenya to do work and research in the Dadaab refugee camps. I’m new to Kenya, Dadaab and refugee ‘warehousing’, so it’s another trial-by-fire. Thanks, Dad, for teaching me to jump in the deep end first, and my siblings for pushing […]
Read more "A very complicated story"I don’t blog enough to be considered a blogger by BlogHer (at least once a month). And when I do, I feel the need to preface every entry with something about how I don’t blog enough. But this is a catch up post on what I’ve been up to that hasn’t made it to the […]
Read more "Catching up"I have been doing a lot of thinking about my research interests and my theoretical understandings of the world. I came to Penn State with this view of the world that I had developed over time through studying anthropology and conflict, working in educational contexts (mostly university settings, all formal, all admittedly in the western […]
Read more "Theory Rant"In my travels, invariably, I met the disgruntled American expat who believed, without a doubt, that life was more efficient in the United States. I commiserated with this person. I scorned this person. I was this person. There’s a little part of me that thought, “oh, I’m not like that, I’m an anthropologist, I take […]
Read more "To-do-To-day: … Read 200 pages"Reposted from the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies blog. Adolescents and youth in conflict-affected environments may never have traveled to school without fear, never known a functioning civil society or political or family stability. These youth are frequently displaced, either within their country or as refugees. They may find themselves stranded before they have […]
Read more "Toward Inclusion of Conflict-Affected Youth in the Post-2015 Education Agenda"Follow the link below for the Prezi I presented at the EduLearn13 conference in Barcelona on July 2nd. Click here.
Read more "EduLearn 2013"My last few days in Afghanistan were spent finishing up a condensed summer session of Digital Media Literacy and Skills, a course I designed and really enjoyed teaching. The students ambushed me at the end of the course and gave me flowers, taking me to a colleague and friend’s office, the resident photographer, to document […]
Read more "Something nice about Afghanistan"mEdutext Case Study presentation from Ally K
Read more "Mobile Telephony in the Developing World Presentation"Watching “Lie to Me,” a show that was shared with me in the usual exchange among expats, I found this gem: Well then, I’m sure that somewhere in Kabul Province there is a path that looks like this. And Lie to Me, apparently stopped airing in 2011. So I can’t really blame the show per […]
Read more "Some sort of view of Kabul"
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