By Mingyuan Zhang, University of Western Ontario “Just go outside and look for the zombies, then you will find Wi-fi,” a girl volunteering for the CASCA conference from Universidad de Oriente told me. As most of the millennials, I grew…
By Kanika Varma, University of Victoria As part of the University of Victoria’s Cuba Ethnographic Field School: Contrapunteo, I had the opportunity to attend the CASCA conference 2018 as a participant and live in Cuba for a month with the…
By Jessica Bridges, Oklahoma State University, Jacob Derksen, University of Victoria, Jemma Kosalko, University of Victoria, Cuba Ethnographic Field School 2018 While attending the CASCA-Cuba conference in Santiago, Cuba, we had the privilege of meeting and getting to know Dr. Alina…
By Kanika Varma, University of Victoria As part of the University of Victoria’s Cuba Ethnographic Field School: Contrapunteo, I had the opportunity to attend the CASCA conference 2018 and live in Cuba for a month with the UVic field school students…
By Christina Holmes, St. Francis Xavier University, and Udo Krautwurst, University of Prince Edward Island The anthropologist comes home from a conference. Exhausted after a very long day of travel, they collapse onto the sofa and turn on the TV.…
By Emma Bider, Carleton University I was not particularly surprised when I read Culture’s latest theme and call for submissions. Anthropologists tend to be critical and analytical, to ask more questions than it is always possible to answer. The cohort of…
By Julie Rausenberger, University of Antwerp, Adele Bibault, University of Victoria, Kate Pasmans, University of Victoria Cuban Ethnographic Field School, University of Victoria After arriving in Santiago de Cuba and exploring media consumption in Cuba with little or no access…
By Huma Mohibullah, University of British Columbia Having been fascinated by Muslim beliefs, practices and aesthetics around the world, I was excited when the 2018 CASCA-Cuba meetings allowed me to explore the nation’s tiny Muslim population. Even better, the conference…
By Mark Currie, University of Ottawa There’s something about wanting to reach the top of a high point that I don’t understand but nonetheless drives me to keep climbing. Maybe it’s just my curiosity to know what’s up there. Maybe…
By Simone Poliandri, Bridgewater State University When CASCA announced that its 2018 annual meeting would be hosted by the Universidad de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba, I was elated, to say the least. I had never been to Cuba before…