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Homework Thursday, Sep 24

As you prepare for your presentations next week, we will read one secondary text about Italian travelers and conduct an exemplary class discussion on Thursday. This will model to you what it means to critically engage with a text, to focus on argument and evidence, and to link a secondary text with primary material. The… Read more »

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Travelers, Migrants, Refugees

In this course we have so far followed the experiences of a rather privileged traveler, a white, highly-educated male whose main fear was that his pseudonym might be uncovered. As we engage with what he saw, how he evaluated the sites, attractions, and people, it’s easy to forget that traveling is always connected with borders… Read more »