|
||||
|
Last night I watched Disney movies and ate comfort food as an antidote to an afternoon spent fretting in a hospital waiting room. I know it’s unreasonable to expect a trick of an arbitrary calendar to make much of a difference in one’s life, but man, 2013 cannot end soon enough for this guy. I’ve been reading all these year-end reviews. Some of them, like Lola Frost’s, are just beautiful. And it is a real [Continue reading] This long essay was originally published Aug 8, 2006, at Savage Minds. Due to a server problem, Savage Minds’ archives are currently down, so I’m reposting this here. Ishi (1860-1916), last surviving member of the Yahi Indian tribe of California (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “There are Indians in the Museum of Natural History,” writes Danielle LaVaque-Manty (2000: 71) “And there aren‘t any other kinds of people.” The particular Museum of Natural History LaVaque-Manty is speaking of [Continue reading] Image by dustin_wax via Flickr Going on three months ago now, my life took a drastic turn (for the better!). After several years of struggling along as an adjunct professor and freelance writer (financially rewarding, creatively deadening…) I stumbled into a job as the registrar of the UNLV Barrick Museum. Having worked in museums before, done a fellowship at the Smithsonian as part of my dissertation research, and taken museum studies courses as [Continue reading] |
||||
|
Copyright © 2000-2024 Dustin M. Wax - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||||