Michael and I were delighted to be able to join in as participants in the Southwest Folklife Alliance’s Rio Sonora Fieldschool based in Banamichi Mexico this past June. The idea of filming the field program and its visits on a casual basis soon turned into a more serious project to carefully record each local visit …
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A Visit with Lucy, Darwin and Michele Guieu
Michele Guieu is a French artist who recently created a largely ephemeral installation contemplating her own relationship with and influences from palaeontology, Darwinian evolutionary theory and her experiences living in Africa with her parents as a child. The Art Produce Gallery is a small space adjacent to an excellent coffee bar in San Diego. It’s …
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Screen Media Commentary: Six Generations
RESEARCHER GAVE CHUMASH THEIR HERITAGE??????? This article (and film clip) appeared in the LA Times today. The headline is problematic, since Harrington’s handling of his fieldnotes meant that the information only came back to the Chumash through the hard work of many who searched out the fieldnotes and deciphered them rather than through some generosity …