Home Sweet Home

I finally got back in from my adventures on Saturday morning and I need time to digest and properly reflect on everything that I experienced abroad. I will be sure to place additional comments/posts and photographs once I’ve had a few days to get back on track with work and school.
Foremost, I need to thank [...]

Castells’ Luncheon

As a potential Ph.D. candidate who was informally invited into the UCT Film and Media Studies program I was invited to an intimate luncheon with Manuel Castells, a world renowned theorist and professor from the University of Southern California. Gathered were a number of faculty and independent researchers working on a variety of projects that [...]

Micro-Farming: Agriculture and Education

For the third and final phase of my time in South Africa I moved in with Stephanie and Paul Cohen who are both doctors and run a NGO in which they are looking at sustainable energy and micro-farming. While staying with the Cohen’s I was able to go on a tour in which residents of [...]