Field Notes

Jan 19

Preserving the Music of India

In this Field Notes blog post, Elizabeth Ursic describes her experiences on the Overseas Faculty Development Seminar in India in 2023.

Sep 18, 2023

Restoring Wetlands Through an Indigenous Lens: Mexico City and Hawaiʻi

In this essay, Nicole Otero shares the knowledge she gained in Mexico on the CAORC-ARENET Overseas Faculty Development Seminar.

Aug 7, 2023

American Black Sufi—My Sojourn in the African Diaspora

Professor Latif Tarik reflects on how his OFDS experience in Senegal informed his practice of Sufi philosophy.

Jul 20, 2023

Water is Life

Professor Nick Timmerman shares how his experience on the OFDS Seminar in India affected his views on water and sustainability.

May 22, 2023

This Is Senegal, This is My Boat, This Is Home

In this essay, CAORC-WARC Faculty Development Seminar alumnus, Nellie Dinah Pharr-Maletta, reflects on her experience in Senegal.

Apr 18, 2023

A Tale of Two Seismic Cities: How Memory Prevents Disaster

In this essay, Multi-Country Research Fellowship alumnus, Amanda Gaggioli, discusses her research on human-earthquake relationships.

Jul 19, 2022

Informal Economies in India

In this essay, Brian Turnbull describes what 'informal economies' are and discusses their importance in India.

Dec 2, 2021

Drugs, Documents and Daily Newspapers: Notes on Research into Istanbul’s Interwar Opiate Trade

Mitch Bacci discusses his research on the opiate trade in the Eastern Mediterranean between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Nov 1, 2021

A Geographer’s Field Notes: Exploring Connections Between Mexico and Senegal

CAORC-NEH Senior Research Fellowship alumna, Karen Barton, discusses how the fellowship opened up numerous doors for her.

Feb 18, 2021

Planning for Informal Settlements in India

Seminar participants Jessica Barnes and Amar Sawhney discuss the many challenges facing India’s informal settlements.

Feb 18, 2021

Addressing Eco-Disparity in India

Seminar participants Amar Sawhney and Jessica Barnes discuss why green spaces are so critical to urban planning in Delhi and India’s cities.

Nov 4, 2020

Kaplan RPI Program Supports Restoration of Yemen’s Islamic Heritage

Through the RPI program, the Daw’an MudBrick Architecture Foundation is restoring an Islamic shrine damaged during Yemen’s ongoing conflict.

Sep 1, 2020

Sweating the Small Stuff on Crete and Cyprus

Former Multi-Country Research Fellow, Rachel Kulick, examines human-environment relationships today vs in Bronze Age settlements.

Aug 11, 2020

Yemen Finds Hope in Its Heritage

Yemen’s heritage professionals are providing hope that the country’s shared past will prove far more durable than its current divisions.

Aug 7, 2020

Finding the Musical Connections between West Africa and Latin America

Senegal seminar participant Verny Varela highlights the musical connections between West Africa and Colombia, where he was born and raised.

Jul 24, 2020

Re-discovering Pakistan’s Abandoned Sikh Temples

Pakistan seminar participant Rajender Kaur discusses the history and legacy of abandoned Sikh temples in Lahore and Islamabad.

Jul 20, 2020

Bringing in the New Year in India: How Cars and Chaos Gave Me Hope

Seminar participant Jose Alejandro Gonzalez-Suarez discusses India’s challenges and how innovative solutions offer hope in uncertain times.

Jul 7, 2020

Broad as a Baobab Trunk: Lessons from Senegal

Senegal participant Rebecca Jacobs-Pollez explains how the legendary baobab tree helped her better understand the country and its people.

Jun 8, 2020

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, 2020

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.

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