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Jun 8

Twenty Years of Change in India: A Native Daughter’s Reflections

Shabana Meyering, participant in the faculty seminar to India, offers her personal reflections on two decades of change in the country.

May 19

Trans-Atlantic Memories: Senegal’s Hip-Hop Griots and the Black Radical Tradition

Faculty seminar participant Kimberly Monroe reflects on the deep musical and cultural traditions that live on in Senegal's hip-hop artists.

May 1

Senegal’s Diversity Is Its Way of Life—and Its Future

Faculty seminar participant Hoa Nguyen discusses how Senegal’s cultural and geographic diversity may be the key to its future prosperity.

Apr 24

Innovative Approaches to Sustaining Jordan's Local Communities

Pauline Sullivan, a 2020 seminar participant, discusses how innovative approaches to handicrafts are helping sustain Jordanian communities.

Apr 10

Explaining Northern India's Oppressive Smog

Mukila Maitha, participant in the faculty seminar to India, examines Delhi’s suffocating smog and what is being done to lessen its impact.

Apr 6

Awakening to Africa's Brilliance

Anita Gaul, participant in the Senegal faculty seminar, conveys how the experience transformed her understanding of West Africa.

Apr 1

Lessons in Sustainable Tourism from Jordan

Joylin Namie, participant in the CAORC faculty seminar to Jordan, discusses challenges to sustainable development in marginal environments.

Oct 10, 2019

Returning Home to Senegal for the First Time

Mary Altair reflects on what Senegal teaches us, in spite of our many differences, about the commonalities of the shared human experience.

Sep 26, 2019

Searching for Mexico's Past

What are the links between an 18th-century smallpox outbreak in Mexico and present-day resistance to the measles vaccine in New York City?

Sep 25, 2019

Learning the Political Value of Space in Pakistan

Paul Edleman on the social and political functions served by urban spaces in the historic city of Lahore, Pakistan.

Aug 26, 2019

Learning to Teach India through Travel

The participants in CAORC’s 2019 faculty development seminar to India. Karen Guerrero, Assistant Professor at the Mary Lou Fulton Teacher...

Aug 16, 2019

Nourishing Body and Spirit: Family, Food, and Community in Senegal

Preparations for a communal meal served to participants in the Senegal faculty seminar. Photo courtesy Mbye Cham. In this essay, De Anna ...

Aug 6, 2019

From the Ashes: Salvaging Yemen’s Destroyed Past through the Kaplan RPI Program

Local volunteers excavating through rubble to find objects buried under the destruction of Yemen’s Dhamar Museum. This CAORC Field Note i...

Jul 30, 2019

African Music in Flux: Diasporic Connections from Senegal to Puerto Rico

A traditional Senegalese music performance enjoyed at WARC during the 2019 faculty development seminar. Photo courtesy the author. In thi...

Jul 26, 2019

Water and Women in Urban India

Across all segments of Indian society, women play critical roles in helping conserve and manage increasingly limited water resources. Jan...

Jul 11, 2019

The Power of Circularity: Sustainability Lessons from Senegal

Serendipitous meeting with a circle on the sand dunes at Lac Rose, Senegal. Photo by the author. In this essay, Christine Farias, a 2019 ...

Jul 5, 2019

Reflections on the Historical Relationship between People and Spaces

The Glass House, a central landmark of the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, was built in 1889. Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim - Own work, GFDL 1...

Jun 10, 2019

Ravana’s Mechanical Flying Peacock

Ravana’s forces of land, sea and air—c. 2009 relief mural at the Sanmira Hotel, Unawatuna, Sri Lanka In this essay, Justin Henry, a 2017-...

Jun 4, 2019

Saving Syria’s Archaeological Treasures, One Object at a Time

Documenting pottery recovered from an ancient burial cave near Idlib, Syria. In June 2015, when the Syrian civil war was raging across th...

May 29, 2019

Video: Training Gaza's First Rapid-Response Heritage Preservation Team

In August 2018, CAORC’s J.M. Kaplan Responsive Preservation Initiative sponsored a ten-day workshop by the IWAN Center for Architectural ...

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