by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 27, 2016 | Blog
On Thursday, we visited the UVic Archives in the basement of the McPherson Library. Here are Cole’s thoughts from later that same evening. Today we visited the university archives to look for information regarding the cemetery. We were given a lesson on what...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 27, 2016 | Blog
On Tuesday of this week, students in ANTH395 were subjected to a field quiz, to see how well they understood the fieldwork they were conducting. Here are Maya and Vanessa’s thoughts on the quiz… Our first out-of-classroom quiz: How to tackle a field quiz...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 26, 2016 | Blog
Across the Pond: On Different Projects and Meaningful Ideas A Blog Post for Anth 395 Blog posts in general are an important source of knowledge in our field. They allow for people, not just academics, to have access to the work that is going on in today’s research....
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 26, 2016 | Blog
It is hard to believe that our last week in the field has arrived. What an amazing, rich, and wonderful educational experience we are having. It will be difficult to say goodbye to our fellow classmates, all of the volunteers, our professor, and our teaching...
by Emily Badger | May 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Jewish Cemetery. Image by: Emily Badger Our class is coming up to close and there are projects to be done! I told myself that I would return to the cemetery over the long weekend, but my cousin came down to surprise me. This pushed my schedule back so I spent my...
