Having recently completed a month of fieldwork in French Guiana, it seems like a good moment to take first stock of how Instagram has accompanied other forms… Read more “Adventures in Instagram #2”
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site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni pt5
Part 5. A guided tour with Daniel 28 June 2018 When reconstruction gets it right after all… During this visit to Saint Laurent we have had the… Read more “site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni pt5”
site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni pt6
Part 6. The bibliobus An important focus of this project is how the multiple sites associated with the penal administration’s 100 year presence in French Guiana can… Read more “site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni pt6”
site visit #13. Iracoubo
30 June 2018 We’re on our way back from Saint Laurent du Maroni. We stopped for lunch at Iracoubo, a small town between Saint Laurent and Kourou… Read more “site visit #13. Iracoubo”
site visit #11. Sparouine
27 June 2018 On our way back to Saint Laurent du Maroni from Apatou and the Camp de la Forestière, we turned off down a side road… Read more “site visit #11. Sparouine”
site visit #10. Camp de la Forestière
27 June 2018 After lunch in Apatou, we picked up another teacher yielding a machete and headed to Camp de la Forestière. This is one of the… Read more “site visit #10. Camp de la Forestière”
site visit #12. Île aux Lépreux
23 July 2018 The Île aux Lépreux is perhaps best known in the popular imaginary of the bagne as a place that Papillon stops off at on… Read more “site visit #12. Île aux Lépreux”
site visit #9. Collège d’Apatou
This week I was invited to talk to teachers at the high school in Apatou. Apatou is located about 45 minutes drive from Saint Laurent du Maroni… Read more “site visit #9. Collège d’Apatou”
site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni Pt4
Part 4. La nuit TOMBE Night tour of the Camp de la Transportation, Saint Laurent du Maroni 23 June 2018 Last weekend as part of the project… Read more “site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni Pt4”
Site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni Pt3
Part 3. Guess who La Ville en chantier exhibition Case 12, Camp de la Transportation, 22 June 2018 Saint Laurent du Maroni did not exist as a… Read more “Site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni Pt3”
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