I finished Yvgenie (the third in the trilogy) towards the end of June, just as I was coming down with a cold. I think this may have affected my brain because I’m still not quite sure about the ending.
and I want to reread it a bit later before I do a review or anything.
I went ahead and read The Professional Stranger, which is an informal introduction to ethnography/how to go about writing an ethnography, directed towards anthropology students, and those who wonder about the methods anthropologists use when learning about a group to whom they’re a complete stranger.
it was written in the 70s, and I haven’t read many other such books yet, so I don’t know how up to date or comparable it is. it was recommended, though, and pretty interesting.
I skimmed through Colleges That Change Lives (I read the main premise and skimmed through the actual colleges) last night. it was really eye-opening, and I wish I had read it twenty years ago! (sadly, none of the colleges mentioned were in California. the only ones on the west coast were in Oregon and Washington.) I had no idea there were colleges like St. John’s and Reed and Antioch out there. if you’re interested, the web site is: http://www.ctcl.com/
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