To be resourceful is always a prevalent, yet unpredictable, learning opportunity that these kinds of fieldwork programs offer to our students. This year, in particular, we have had some challenging moments when it comes to teaching spaces – not always knowing if we have to hold an impromptu workshop
on the property of one of our collaborators, or if a particular meeting room will be open, if we may just have to teach in a hallway
, or as it happened last week a few times –
in a basement garage (hoping that the owner of that car wasn’t going to have to drive it out!)
A Politicized "Beauty" Pageant
Last Friday we had the fortune to attend the election of the Reina Flor del Cafe 2009 in San Antonio. It was really wonderful to see how the concept of