mackenzieberg

Reexamining the aid/dev paradigm

April 15, 2011 Uncategorized

I started writing this over a week ago and never finished — particularly the end [where I’m supposed to make a good point..] is not flushed out at all.. but I’m going to post it anyways or it will never get looked at again. ******** Reading this article yesterday about the ongoing violence in Cote d’Ivoire got me thinking more about prevalent attitudes within the international aid and donor community which largely drive the approaches taken toward aid: who isRead More

Small Joys

April 14, 2011 Uncategorized

Back from Baghlan. In anticipation of coming posts that will be longer and actually talk about what I did, let me just say for now that: 1. I never thought one of the best hot showers I would have in my life would be in Afghanistan. 2. If you are not religious, a good way to cure that is to suffer from diarrhea all week long and then have a very long drive ahead of you with the potential toRead More

Hozomeen, Hozomeen

April 6, 2011 Art

“Ascent of Jack Mountain”; mixed media on wood panel