Sometimes life is a challenge. If we believe the platitudes (and if we are trying to maintain sanity and light, why not?), we know that the challenges make us stronger people. I want to believe that. These days, I have my doubts. So, I look for those things that remind me that there is good. …
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Photoethnography Equipment
Equipment needs for a photoethnography project: Computer Netbook (case, mouse) iPad (32gb) with accessories Two additional 19″ monitors for office (for a total of three) Flatbed Scanner Printer 320 gb External Harddrive Software Adobe CV4 Dragon Naturally Speaking EndNote X3 Others…I’ll add them as I think of them Video Flip…
Crossing Borders: The Beginning
From January 10, 2010: Over the past few years, I’ve been intrigued by fences, those things that separate, delineate, alienate, isolate. I want to know why they are there, what (or who) they are protecting, what (or who) they are keeping out (or in) and why. Always why. I take photographs of fences all the time….
The Game of Life
In a writing class a few years ago, students were discussing the argument that many people make about poverty, that there really shouldn’t be any … that if people would “get off their lazy asses and get a job and not accept welfare,” then they could support themselves and they wouldn’t be poor. The students…