cultural anthropologist || writer || professor
So much love for Mable Wilson and her brilliant work on race and the built environment. A much needed conversation. I wonder how this conversation would extend to design processes and infrastructure aimed at re-building environments, like restoration. Check out this short blog post on her recent event in NYC: Architecture and Racism: A Much …
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Carnival season is in full swing in southeast Louisiana, and alongside the height of festival season is the river, swollen with the runoff of rain and snow from the upper Midwest, squeezing through levees and past large cities, making its way to the gulf. Becoming attuned to the different seasons down here - carnival, hurricane, …
Baton Rouge - November 2015 The anthropology of science sometimes feels like the anthropology of the corporate world. In order to conduct participant observation I need a cubicle and a PC (eek!). I'm not really into putting up personal items here, but when a hydrological modeler from the 20th floor came by and examined my …
Mississippi River - November 2015 Starting a collection of found objects from the batture with the help of friends. Between land and water are treasures of fresh and salty wildlife in south Louisiana: Eagle feathers, garfish scales, handwritten notes, and sticks carved by beavers. In this arrangement, nature becomes culture. Having a Boas moment and …
Lake Pontchartrain - August 2015 August. Hottest part of the day in the hottest part of the year. In the shallow waters of Lake Pontchartrain learning how to throw the perfect circle. Preceded by a journey to Yscloskey and Delacroix where families waited with baited lines for hungry crabs and sunburnt men fished for sharks …
Monica Patrice Barra 