Performing the Border update

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/12/06/mexico.exhumations.ap/index.html

Here's some more news about Ciudad Juarez's crime investigations, as we saw in Ursula Biemann's first video essay. It looks like things are changing for the better, a bit!

Geneva

Who is a traveler?
While visiting the Red Cross Museum in Geneva, we came upon an exhibit about the Rwandan genocide. The small room, looked almost like a cubicle; its walls plastered with Polaroids of young children who had been displaced by the violence. Most of the children's faces wore looks of shock and confusion. They had been forced from their homes into a new land and a new way of life. Even though the thought probably never crossed their minds, their displacement made them travelers. Of course, they did not travel in the same way as Ella Maillart or Nicolas Bouvier because force alone motivated their journey. However, they still experienced new lands and learned new customs, even if it was done subconsciously.

Atchala, Chandolin

Welcome!

This is the brand-new CLCS 199 community blog!

We can use this as a forum to talk about the reading, upcoming events and of course the many exciting travel stories that you'll have after two weeks of Academic Travel! Everyone is welcome to post and to comment, and you should definitely vote in the poll.

Enjoy!