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, …
Kitchen Céilí and Friends: Traditional and Original Music from Ireland, North America, the British Isles, and India: In this concert, language and song functioned primarily as a vehicle for history and folk tales. It was especially interesting to be a part of this concert because, in a week centered around the power of language, it …
(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 …
