In my final semester at Wesleyan I took a course titled Transpacific Ecologies: Race, Literature, Environment, where we engaged with several texts and how they represent the ecological entanglements of humans and nature. At the beginning of this course, I was introduced to a completely different way of thinking about the relationship between nature, history, …
(Kenzie Kelly, May 26, 2024, Retiro Park) This photo was taken one day in Retiro Park during my abroad experience in Madrid, Spain. Pictured in this Spring scene is a community band that came together to play and practice in the park. They started as only 3 musicians, but as more and more people straggled …
In the Fall of my Senior year at Wesleyan I took a course titled “Venezuela: The Effect of Oil Discovery on People, the Environment, and on Democracy”. Throughout the semester we studied the cultural, political, social, and environmental changes that developed in Venezuela, and specifically, how these changes were influenced or caused by the discovery …
Throughout my experience abroad in Madrid, it came as no surprise that food culture was a cornerstone of our immersion. I had learned, through high school Spanish classes and my mom’s old stories from her study abroad in the south of Spain about the many incredible dishes; from paella, tortilla, patatas bravas, and croquetas, to …
Walking through the center of Madrid, the artistic and historical monuments almost jump at you as you turn the corner to a new statue or museum or public garden. Amazed by the knowledge surrounding me, I could not have found a better time to enroll myself in an art history class. Once back in the …
