by Jonathon McBride | Jul 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Time for Part 2 of “Cast of Characters!” Henrique and Clara (Brazil) On the day of the half marathon, I returned to the hostel and began eating copious amounts of the free bread, ham and cheese they provided as breakfast. I was generally only focused on replenishing...
by Jonathon McBride | Jul 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’ve met a lot of people on this trip, so I wanted to do another human interest story to provide a cast of characters. I’ll introduce everyone chronologically. -Bruce (New Zealand) I first met Bruce when I returned to the hostel in Sao Paulo. We exchanged “Ola”s, and...
by Jonathon McBride | Jul 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sometimes, you communicate with someone only in English via email, prepare questions in English, and arrive to your interview to find out that – surprise! – it is going to be in Spanish. Other than a few grammar irregularities in our correspondence, I had no reason to...
by Jonathon McBride | Jun 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Since I last updated, I hopped on a bus to see Rio de Janiero, returned to Sao Paulo, had a three day lay over in Lisboa, and arrived at my next research site – Barcelona. I’ve been on the move a lot, and I wanted to paint a picture of what so much travel...
by Jonathon McBride | Jun 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
I spent the last four days doing my first set of interviews. I interviewed a professor who researches hazing, a professor who researches gender violence and is organizing efforts and resources to help victims, several student feminists and a professor in charge of a...
