Four Days Until Departure
No matter what the central construct to a city is, one lives in full awareness of it and it is not just there when you want or need it to be. Whether it be a skyscraper or a river, its presence is intriguing to the functions of an ecosystem, in a broad sense of the word.
Preparations #1
By Amanda Astorga Pinto 06/21/2017. My research proposal is based on the theory that the perceptions and definitions of gender in society have repercussions in health [...]
Returning to NYC as a CISLI Fellow
By Wenrui Chen, 06/16/2017. Having lived in NYC while completing my doctorate at NYU, I returned to the city this past May as an India [...]
homesick // sick of home
By Jialei Tang, 08/27/2016. I believe this duality is shared by many. As we are in one place, we tend to miss another. My exploration [...]
Art and locality – Ladakh
By Shirin Mazdeyasna, 08/23/2016. On Aug 13, we attended a local monastic festival and witnessed a beautiful ceremony of first having the site purified of [...]
Retrospective: Pearl of the Orient
By Jialei Tang, 08/22/2016. Looking back to my stay in Shanghai and feeling little guilty for my delayed diary entry about it, I can't help [...]
Ladakh – Little Tibet
By Shirin Mazdeyasna, 08/20/2016. Watching the rare documentary of The Yogis of Tibet offered a great insight into the ancient culture and practice of Tibetan [...]