When a colleague-turned-friend of mine asked me whether I would like to be the madrina of his one and half year-old daughter, a ball of nerves formed in my stomach. It is (and was) a true honour to be asked, but I am also aware that many foreigners (who may even only be here in [...][...]
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November 4th, 2011 - 8:00 am § in Argentina, Around Town, Culture, Event, In the Field, Uncategorized
Mathapi Apthapi Tinku: Coming Together
The community of sikuris in Buenos Aires is, to say the very least, unique. We are our own little world. Though the community has surely always existed, many consider 1992 (the 500 year anniversary of Columbus) a marking point in its history. Over the past two decades it has been growing stea[...]
Mindo’s Green Revolution
“Han escuchado la historia de tourism en Mindo?” Have you heard the history of tourism in Mindo? “No.” Ok, well….. It’s a story of deforestation and reforestation; of destruction and rejuvenation; of changing perceptions of land use; and of ecology. Last week when I visited Mindo (a smal[...]
September 13th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Uncategorized
The Case of the Missing Laptop: Part 2
No one is in uniform, there is no computer or office equipment other than a phone and a notebook where cases are recorded in the illegible handwriting of the man working at the desk, and I once was waiting in there when a man walked in and set a large bottle of rum on the desk. I have also been ther[...]
Reinsertón: the Frente de Artistas del Borda Fights for Desmanicomialización and a better Buenos Aires
One of the best things about rehearsing in IMPA is that there are always interesting things going on in other parts of the factory. Be it circus training on the third floor, dance classes in the machine room, or chess in the lobby, my friends often make fun of me for getting caught up in [...][...]
August 19th, 2011 - 10:08 am § in Uncategorized
DH Urbano en Guapulo
Back in Quito and the first thing I do, of course, is go watch a downhill bike race. No sooner had I stopped near one of the smaller jumps to talk to a friend, when one of the racers took a terrible nose dive off the jump, doing a face plant and twisting as his [...][...]
What’s God got to do with it? Volunteering for Faith Based NGOs
For the past several months I have been volunteering with a non-denominational Christian NGO. If you are like me four months ago, you may be asking yourself, “What the hell does that mean?! …Does that mean I can’t say hell?” What this means is that families do not need to be religious to re[...]
July 18th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Chile, Uncategorized
Machismo Madness: Piropotos
For the month of July, La Vida Idealist has asked bloggers to write about their experiences with machismo. This is the fifth post in that series. While busy running errands one day, and briskly walking along a footpath towards some government office or other, someone walked up next to me and asked, [...]
July 14th, 2011 - 7:49 am § in Uncategorized
Machismo Madness: Tssssst! Mami! – Catcalls in Caracas
For the month of July, La Vida Idealist has asked bloggers to write about their experiences with machismo. This is the fourth post in that series. My previous experiences in Latin America were confined to rural communities in the more conservative, Catholic countries of Central America. There were[...]
