Author Archive | CHID Study Abroad

As we look ahead, our expectations can fall short, be exceeded, and influence future events. This section articulates moments of anticipation, arrival, and speculation. Waiting for a Train by Josh Howard Why Study Abroad Sucks by Stefanie Gonzales Romanticizing and Reality: Expectations and Realities of Studying Abroad in Australia by Sydney Baker Connecting a Dream […]

Temporal (adj.) Of or relating to time Pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly Glimpse(s) (n.) a momentary or partial view Geographer Yi-Fu Tuan’s philosophy of space and place develops the concept of humanistic geography: an approach to the meanings that a space, place, or an environment possesses, as a […]

Constructing Mythologies considers travel as a space for students to invent new ways of fashioning themselves. In this section The Child, the Ant, and the Magnifying Lens by Emily Rebecca Jensen Man Alone by Nick Bragg Monster and a Mirror by Amelia Batayola Philosophic Geography and Study Abroad: Thinking Critically about the Map of the Mind by Shannon Foss Becoming […]

Myths of the Foreign engages with the “myths” we associate with other places, many of which are debunked through our travel experiences. In this section: Dream by Cynthia Barrett Becoming Dutch by Alyssa Adwell Kaval by Skyler Hutchison Re-thinking Study Abroad: Black Students Sold on the Experience of White Students by Mayowa Laniran Chalil’s Prayer by Ariel Vardy A Short Story […]

The pieces in Myths of Home discuss the things we “packed and brought with us” in our luggage. How do we see ourselves and our places of origin differently through our travels? How does our baggage “shift during flight”? In this section: Third Culture of Techno by Ted Shin The Glory and Horror of the Roman Colosseum by […]

Lived Mythologies takes on “mythologies” in Barthes’s sense – everyday objects, images, or experiences as touchstones that exemplify larger cultural beliefs and practices. In this section: Mornings in Italy by Allie Mullen [untitled, Utrecht] by Sarah Johnson Amidst a Pulaar Wedding – Tradition Rising by Ariel Vardy Creating a New Hay Roof – Fewnugol by Ariel […]

Encountering Mythologies explores the idea of founding myths and faiths as things that students (re)connect with while abroad. In this section: Triptych by Karla Keyes The Gardens of Versailles by Saloni Bakshi Firmes en la fe by Jennifer Rempe Faith in Rome by Elizabeth Zech Study Abroad in the Himalayas by Andrianna Katsiouleris Underground by Holly Thorpe Without Predators by Nick […]

“[I]n the account given of our contemporary circumstances, I resented seeing Nature and History confused at every turn, and I wanted to track down … the ideological abuse which, in my view, is hidden there …. But I was already certain of a fact from which I later tried to draw all the consequences: myth […]