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A Window To Urban Arabia, Andrew M. Gardner
A Window To Urban Arabia, Andrew M. Gardner
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This set of images collectively seeks to provide viewers with a window into Doha, Qatar, and into the urban heart of the modern Middle East that’s arisen on the Arabian Peninsula. Designed as an exhibit of photography, the images include overlapping themes that explore particular facets or threads of the urban landscape and life therein. In the final accounting, the collection as a whole is intended as an ode to the city itself.
On Teaching Ethnography In Troubled Times, Andrew M. Gardner
On Teaching Ethnography In Troubled Times, Andrew M. Gardner
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In this essay, I describe an incident stemming from a field-based ethnographic exercise I utilize in one of the courses which I have designed and which I regularly teach. In my estimation, the contours of the incident I describe here reveal the institutional and ideological parameters of a paradigm that currently dominates contemporary American campuses. I suggest that my experience points to frictions between that seemingly hegemonic academic paradigm and the core values and practices that the discipline of anthropology endeavours to carry into the new millennium. I conclude that this experience, and the institutional practices and ideologies it reveals, …
Interstitial Space: An Exploration Of The Urban Landscape And Marginal Communities Of Tacoma, Washington, Oscar Edwards-Hughes
Interstitial Space: An Exploration Of The Urban Landscape And Marginal Communities Of Tacoma, Washington, Oscar Edwards-Hughes
Summer Research
In this project I researched the interactions between Tacoma’s homeless population and interstitial spaces. Interstitial space is the unplanned or abandoned space that can be seen throughout urban areas. It consists of those spaces where planning and boundaries are unclear or non-existent; a space seemingly missed, un-calculated, or overlooked by city planners. In conversation with Professor Andrew Gardner, who has conducted extensive field research on the subject in Doha, Qatar, I focused my research on the vitality and social importance of interstitial space to the homeless communities of our society in this era of high inequality in America. The goal …
Understanding Burning Man Through Fundamental Religious Studies Theories, Tio Lloyd
Understanding Burning Man Through Fundamental Religious Studies Theories, Tio Lloyd
Summer Research
Burning Man is an arts gathering that has taken place every year up until 2020 in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. The gathering brought together more than 70,000 “burners” in 2017 to create a massive community for nine days on a dry lake bed. The temporary city provides a space to explore and more deeply understand humanity and humanity’s relationship to religion. The event is unique, it is the participants’ responsibility to put on the show. Themed camps, art displays, and interactive settings are created by burners, for burners. A climactic burning of “The Man,” a massive wooden figure, …