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A Geek Among Banksters: My Month at Standard Chartered Bank Shanghai
This August, I interned with the Digital Ventures Group at Standard Chartered Bank China’s Shanghai office. My work included doing usability testing and user experience research for an iPad app, being...
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Beijing State of Mind
Near Nanluoguxiang station These past few months have gone by too quickly. I’ve had many humbling conversations that have challenged my beliefs, and many experiences that defied my expectations of...
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Delhi and Ahmedabad: Displacement, Development, Social Silos, and Feminism
Lodhi Gardens The city of Delhi is different for everyone, it all depends on how you view it and who you are. One night a classmate and I sat together, and talked about how we were worried we had...
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Dakar and Keur Samba Kala: Privilege, Tourism, and Nok Bokk
So many beaches in Dakar! The first thing I noticed about Dakar was the air. I could smell the sea in the air, and as cheesy as this may sound, it smelled like possibility. I moved into my homestay the...
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Da Kar Rapide: Informal Transport and “Being On Time”
A car rapide in Dakar, Senegal The informality of the transportation systems in Dakar and Delhi are examples of the effect that informality and informal structures have on perceptions of societal...
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Buenos Aires: Community and Leisure in Porteno Life
View of the city, from the rooftop of Hotel Bauen When I first arrived in Buenos Aires, I was walking around downtown past shiny retail stores and crossing the street with crosswalks. It reminded me of...
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A “Deeply Unsettling” Semester
Urubamba Valley at 5am The title of this post comes from a quote from one of our professors. We were sitting around on a ranch in the middle of nowhere in Argentina and discussing reverse culture...
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Reconnecting and Recharging
It’s been so weird being back at Amherst for senior year, seeing some people for the first time after a year away. Still, it’s been great to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. LEARNING IN...
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Understanding Knowledge
Originally published in the Amherst Magazine, Spring 2014. “Sula nexee,” I pleaded, as I reached for the broom. “No, no, no, no, no, teranga,” she replied. Teranga is Wolof for hospitality, so I sat...
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Foraging Forward
I’ve been holding off on writing this post because I can’t quite believe that I’ve graduated. It feels like a chapter of my life has closed and I am not quite sure how long it will be until I return to...
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