by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 18, 2016 | Blog
Transition So far our focus at the Jewish cemetery has been about the individuals represented by the memorials, their spatial relationship to the landscape and to each other as well as the dimensions of each of the memorial features. As we move into the second week...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 16, 2016 | Blog
There is nothing like starting a new project when the weather is nice. That being said, a cemetery is not the usual place one starts out their summer, but me and ten others have chosen to do so and I could not be more excited. Is is invigorating to know that we are...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 14, 2016 | Blog
Well, today (Thursday) was my first official day in the field for Anth 395, and my first visit to the cemetery. There’s something incredibly surreal about being able to connect a grave to the people and the stories that have appeared in my textbooks since middle...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 11, 2016 | Blog
Starting with a wee note from Erin: I’ve asked the students to write blog posts again. While some will post their own, I will also post a few of them on behalf of the students. This first post comes from Ally, who wrote about the first day of our course. Walking...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Apr 16, 2016 | Blog
It’s almost time for our second season at the cemetery. This year, we thought we might make things interesting by opening up the course to students from other institutions. So… Dr Erin McGuire would like to invite interested students to apply to UVic Anth...
