Less than a week...!
Hey all! I am writing from Chapel Hill still. I haven't even started packing for my Mexican Adventure quite yet, thought I did buy a digital voice recorder to do interviews with today. I wanted to give everyone a little background about what I'm doing. My plan, if you will. Some of my posts may be in Spanish. Probably only at the beginning, since mostly I'll probably be missing being able to speak so easily. But I apologize in advance to anyone who doesn't speak. I'll try and include translations.
I will be in Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico. To the right is a map of Mexico and Guanajuato is highlighted. Or made brown. Whatever. That's where I'll be. The town was named after a famous composer, Juventino Rosas. They have a nifty little website, if you speak Spanish. If you don't, you can look at their humorously translated tourism page.
I will also spend some time in Guanajuato when I need to get away and see more foreigners and maybe speak some English. The city is incredible--first of all, it is built on a city that kept getting flooded. So there's an entire city underneath the current one. Secondly, it is shaped sort of like a bowl, with a big jardín (garden) in the middle. It's cool because if you ever get lost, you can just go down until you get to the jardín. Easy. Below is a picture...so gorgeous!
My plan is to live with the same family my dad & I lived with last summer for two weeks. They are incredibly sweet and generous people and I cannot wait to see them. I will then be going out into the community, either just talking to people on the street or finding people through the contacts I already have an interviewing women about their lives and how they see their roles in their communities and homes. Feel free to let me know if you have any suggestions, questions, whatever. I'll be happy to explain more, though I'm sure it will become more clear as I update the blog.
I will be in Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico. To the right is a map of Mexico and Guanajuato is highlighted. Or made brown. Whatever. That's where I'll be. The town was named after a famous composer, Juventino Rosas. They have a nifty little website, if you speak Spanish. If you don't, you can look at their humorously translated tourism page.
I will also spend some time in Guanajuato when I need to get away and see more foreigners and maybe speak some English. The city is incredible--first of all, it is built on a city that kept getting flooded. So there's an entire city underneath the current one. Secondly, it is shaped sort of like a bowl, with a big jardín (garden) in the middle. It's cool because if you ever get lost, you can just go down until you get to the jardín. Easy. Below is a picture...so gorgeous!
My plan is to live with the same family my dad & I lived with last summer for two weeks. They are incredibly sweet and generous people and I cannot wait to see them. I will then be going out into the community, either just talking to people on the street or finding people through the contacts I already have an interviewing women about their lives and how they see their roles in their communities and homes. Feel free to let me know if you have any suggestions, questions, whatever. I'll be happy to explain more, though I'm sure it will become more clear as I update the blog.
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