This three-part series depicts moments in my abroad experience when I was forced to come to terms with the complicated history of my lovely surroundings. I learned that past and present idealogies are embedded in place and that to recognize the racism, classism, and exclusionism of the Netherlands is, at once, vitally important in order […]
Archive | Issue 4: 2018
Work Will Set You Free
“WORK WILL SET YOU FREE.” Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Oranienburg, Germany. A profound feeling began unfolding as my classmates and I walked through the entrance of the camp. This put into relief how often we are alienated from the topics we study in academics. Sachsenhausen embodies the level of support and control given to the Nazi regime. Its unique, […]
Moroccan Opus: II. Resonance (Rabat)
To me, Rabat is Morocco at its most authentic self. Rich in culture and unfazed by tourism, the city is home to colorful markets and souks that attract all five senses. There are countless places to explore, and while I was out in the city, I came across many surprising and touching places that stayed […]
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My experience in Mexico City taught me to complicate my understanding of the intersectionality of international power and to better understand dance as a tool for processing, on a bodily level, overwhelming trauma and beauty.
Worlds Colliding: A Personal Anecdote
The time I feel both totally immersed in Dutch culture and totally alien to it is when riding my bicycle through Amsterdam. Moving with the flow of the city while sporting the same mode of transit as the locals has a way of making me think I know how they do things here while simultaneously […]
Known to All and to All a Stranger
When was the last time you didn’t look at a screen for more than a day? How many pictures do you have of your last trip? Can you name a time you left your house without your phone intentionally in the past year? My experience living in Seattle has shown me how tied to phones […]
Moroccan Opus: I. Prelude (Casablanca)
Casablanca was the city that introduced me to the amazing country of Morocco. Because it’s known as the economic city of Morocco, we mainly spent our days visiting companies, tourist destinations, and the local malls and piers around our hotel. It was a great place to begin my study abroad journey. Although it was considered […]
Part 1: Disillusion
Disillusionment is what results when reality seems to fall short of the imagined. It is a kind of growing pain that signals an opportunity for a greater, more holistic understanding. Moroccan Opus: I. Prelude (Casablanca) by Emily Aoki Yamashita Known to All and to All a Stranger by Mary Hinsvark Worlds Colliding by Simone Schwartz-Lombard Untitled by […]
2018 Issue: Editors’ Note
Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. —Ibn Battuta Dislocation suggests a disturbance from an original, familiar, or usual state of being. In this issue, we reflect upon on how travel disrupts what has been previously understood as truth. Being physically “dislocated” from all that is familiar to us roused examinations of […]