Remembering Culture at the Terracotta Warrior Museum
In my early twenties, when becoming an anthropology professor was still a far off aspiration, I spent a few years as a tour guide leading groups to China for Pacific Delight Tours. Experience as a...
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There is no place that is not haunted by many different spirits hidden there in silence, spirits one can “invoke” or not. Haunted places are the only ones people can live in—and this inverts the scheme...
View ArticleThe Mona Lisa: Art in the Age of Digital Consumption
The Mona Lisa is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable images in the world. Perhaps second only to the Eiffel Tower, it is an icon of the tourist experience of Paris. So, when we arrived at the...
View Article“Moroccan” (Tourist) Things
Filed under: Collecting, Material Culture, Photo Essays, Representation, Souvenirs, Tourism Tagged: Morocco, Orientalism, souvenir, tourism, tourist experience, travel
View ArticleMuseum Fatigue Reads, April 5, 2014
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