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alannahowell | Alanna in Ghana
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The thoughts, sights, and sounds of my summer as an EWB Junior Fellow. When bucket bathing under the stars is normal. 8220;Alanna………wa so quon”. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Throughout my placement, it has been during my morning bath that I think about how much I am going to miss Ghana. Even just after mid-placement retreat, it was the time I was asking myself “What am I doing here? Am I just having fun in the village but not producing anything of value? 8221; “Oh, fine! 8221; (asking them “...
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When bucket bathing under the stars is normal | Alanna in Ghana
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The thoughts, sights, and sounds of my summer as an EWB Junior Fellow. When bucket bathing under the stars is normal. 8220;Alanna………wa so quon”. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Throughout my placement, it has been during my morning bath that I think about how much I am going to miss Ghana. Even just after mid-placement retreat, it was the time I was asking myself “What am I doing here? Am I just having fun in the village but not producing anything of value? 8221; “Oh, fine! 8221; (asking them “...
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Life as a (Pseudo) Small-Scale Farmer | Alanna in Ghana
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The thoughts, sights, and sounds of my summer as an EWB Junior Fellow. Life as a (Pseudo) Small-Scale Farmer. When I was discussing with members of the women’s farming group in Loggu upon my arrival in the village, I asked the question What can I do to best understand what it is like to be an outgrower farmer for the nucleus farmer I am working with? This slideshow requires JavaScript. Will they really just sit down and put their hands in the air like the nucleus farmer says? It was filed under Ghana.
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Of Textbooks and Tamale | chasing questions
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About Agriculture Extension in Ghana. The importance of graphing calculators (and technological literacy, among other things). The Definition of Productivity →. Of Textbooks and Tamale. June 3, 2012. 8220;that city of perennial anonymity amid the crowd, that place of relentless haste where eyes met only by accident and the smile on the lips of a stranger was a build-up for some kind of proposition.” – The Lost Steps, by Alejo Carpentier. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). What do you think? You are...
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No fat people shirts | chasing questions
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About Agriculture Extension in Ghana. The Definition of Productivity. Chasing the light North →. No fat people shirts. June 7, 2012. Now, to be honest, I have never considered myself fat. Maybe on the heavier side, sometimes happier than others about my weight, but not fat. Was I ever wrong. At least in a Ghanaian sense. Besides the frequent observations of my fatness (detailed here. I discovered early on how difficult it might be procuring additional western-style clothing for someone of my bulk. Click ...
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What does complexity mean? | chasing questions
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About Agriculture Extension in Ghana. Somehow I’m terrified. The importance of graphing calculators (and technological literacy, among other things) →. What does complexity mean? May 8, 2012. As funny as this is, it’s simple for us to recognise that it’s also a bit ridiculous. Ghana is a place where this hand-powered sewing machine works alongside stunning runway-quality Ghanaian fashion (pictures from Alex Fox’s Poia di Zorra. This is some of the nuance and complexity I try to explain when I talk about ...
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chasing questions | interacting with Ghana | Page 2
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About Agriculture Extension in Ghana. Newer posts →. 4 final papers in 1 lovely package. April 16, 2012. I should have just handed this in:. We are always encouraged to draw upon multiple resources for a more cohesive approach to synthesis, right? Let’s talk about the trees and the stars. April 15, 2012. And wait they’re not married? And what is in this food that I’ve been eating? Two of my newfound student roommates, Sali and Mutallah. Rouieya, my housemate. Build myself up, cut myself down. 8221; He sa...
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