Chevron Contaminates Water Sources with Toxic Waste
Photo of the Amazon Rainforest Courtesy of Francisco Chaves Indigenous people residing in Ecuador filed an environmental lawsuit against Chevron Corporation for dumping billions of gallons of toxic...
View ArticleDon’t Quote Me On This!
Here is a photo I took of an elderly woman in Jandiayacu. She is one of very few people (possible only five remaining) who speak and have a deep knowledge of the Sapara Language. The knowledge of...
View ArticleLearning to Fail or Failing to Learn
Here is a picture of me and a Sapara boy taken on my camera by a girl in Jandiayacu, the Sapara community where I began my research. Nobody really talks about how or why his or her research failed, or...
View ArticleAre We All Expert Impostors?
Image credit: PhD Comics www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1723 In a previous post (which can be found here), I mentioned the ‘impostor phenomenon’ and how I and many people I know who work...
View ArticleCONAIE Headquarters to be Shut Down: Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador Request...
Protestors gather outside the CONAIE (Confederation of Indigenous Nations of Ecuador) in Quito, Ecuador. Yesterday, in Quito, Ecuador, hundreds of Indigenous people from around the country, including...
View ArticleFive Things I Wish I had Known Before Starting My PhD
Graduate Student Advice Month Picture from: www.toothpastefordinner.com Nobody really knows what is like to do a PhD until they do one. I am half way through mine and I still only half know what it...
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