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!)
Our first visit with Santiago Zamora
June 12, 2010
Friday afternoon was our first visit to Santiago Zamora with the artisan group with whom we are working. After a wonderfully folkloric trip on the jam-packed public bus, we arrived