18 March 2015, In Santiago today — I’m gorged off an entire roasted pig, which the group consumed at a local finca. We spent the day dancing to an array of music and soaking in the sun in the hot Santiago swelter. Last night I had the opportunity to observe a side of Cuba […]
Through the Looking Glass
Last week, we watched a film called Suite Havana directed by Fernando Perez. Perez is arguably the most famous Cuban filmmaker, and Suite Habana one of his most famous films. Previous to studying Cuban history last semester, I had no idea that el cine holds such a critical position in Cuban artistic expression. Films such […]
Women’s Studies on the Guagua
Three days a week, I ride a guagua to and from el ISA. The guagua is the public bus system in Havana, and costs only one peso (about 4 cents USD). We take the p1, from Vedado to Paradero, which is the end of the line. I could write ethnographies about the experience of the […]
My Mother Would Be Horrified
Today I ate pig roasted on a spit with rice, beans, cabbage, tomatoes and bread on the side. Little Wilbur I called the fresh pink suckling; He had been frolicking in the sun in the morning but by noon he was on a spit, by late afternoon he was well-done and by evening he was […]
Un Viaje a Viñales
On the first weekend in March our group took a four hour bus to a small tourist town in the Pinar del Rio province called Viñales. After the previous night’s breakdance battles and cave spelunking our group woke up Sunday morning for crepes, coffee and piña slices before rallying the troops for a slow stumble […]