Articles from the ‘Seeing and Being Seen’ section

travel 04.07.10 Seeing and Being Seen: Winter in Chile

Emily Guerin struggles with the cold and isolation in Puerto Varas.

travel 01.13.10 Seeing and Being Seen: Hay Pan

Emily Guerin confronts Chile’s obsession with bread, and watches it get ugly when there’s a bread shortage on Christmas Day.

travel 12.09.09 Seeing and Being Seen: Belonging, An Anthropological Study

To experience the “real” Chile, Emily Guerin checks out dating scene.

travel 11.09.09 Seeing and Being Seen: In Chile, No Plan-B

Because the Chilean government restricts access to birth control, unexpected pregnancies are common among young women. In the first installment of her new travel series, Emily Guerin sneaks packets of the morning-after pill through the airport with the intent of distributing them in Chile.

travel 10.14.09 Seeing and Being Seen

While researching her thesis in rural Chile, Emily Guerin learns that her interactions and relationships with people abroad have deeper consequences than expected.

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