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Category: Christine in Cuba

“What do you hunger for?” (My Hunger for Culture in Cuba)

May 20, 2016 Leave a comment

In less than 30 days, I will touch down on US tarmac. Once again I will walk the streets of Brooklyn, the borough of my birth and upbringing, if only for a few months before completing my final year at Amherst. Time has flown during my undergrad years including this study abroad experience. And yet I’ve spent the majority of

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Even During Revolutionary Experiences, One Can Find Time For a (Spring) Break…

May 5, 2016 Leave a comment
Street in Havana at sunset

*This is my photo essay chronicling my Spring Break trip from April 9 -14, 2016 to two Cuban provinces, Trinidad and Cienfuegos, located in the center of the island.* All photos were shot by me unless otherwise noted. Request for permissions to use these pictures must be directed to me. After traveling for many hours, you end up in a

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Can we all just get along? (The Obamas visit CUBA!)

April 15, 2016 Leave a comment
Close up shot of mural

Cuba – US mural at Muraleando in Havana Since February the world has been talking about the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and his family visiting the island nation of Cuba. It has been 88 years since a US president has touched Cuban soil, and with Obama’s second and final term coming to a close, you can imagine

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And so the work begins… (aka Academics Abroad!)

February 29, 2016 Leave a comment
La universidad de havana steps

As week 5 comes to a close, I can finally say that I have a finalized academic schedule. That is Cuba for you – nothing truly happens when you think it should but everything ends up working out (for the most part). One thing I can say is that the university’s  teaching style is much different from that at my

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We aren’t in the U.S. anymore…

February 10, 2016 Leave a comment
Christine and friends in Cuba

Cuba is realllll different, from any other place I’ve been to. The airport, the taxis, the good, the rules, the regulations, the street grid, the Internet (lack thereof to be exact) really puts this case unrest in its own category. We arrived at Jose Martí airport and found ourselves opening the wooden customs doors to our freedom… Well, almost. The

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A Photo Journey: Learning About Sustainability in the Forests of Northern Thailand

May 4, 2022 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

A text version of the first three photos can be accessed here.                                                                                

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A Look at “Apropiacionismo Cultural” in Santiago, Chile

March 31, 2022 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

¡Mari mari kom pu che! Hello, everyone! The greeting, or chaliwün, I used in this blog post is in Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche peoples in Chile. I am currently taking a class in Mapuche Culture and Language and am using any chance I can get to practice the newly learned vocabulary. I took this class because it’s important

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Living & Learning in Maetha: An Environmental Movement Prioritizing Human Health

March 23, 2022 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

Hello! As Thailand begins moving into summer, my time here is approaching the halfway point. Here in Chiang Mai, the burning season has arrived, where nearby farmers burn their old fields. Luckily, I have not noticed any increase in smoky air yet.  What I have noticed is how hot it has gotten. When I walk out on the street, it

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“Where are you from?”

March 4, 2022 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

“Where are you from?”  This is a question I’ve been asked many times since arriving in Singapore, one that’s deceptive in its simplicity. I moved to China from the US when I was nine, and lived there for nine years before moving back to the US for college. Whenever people asked me “where are you from?” back in China, I

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