Cooking at Deborah’s Monday, Apr 27 2009
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Rincon Reservation Friday, Mar 20 2009
Uncategorized 11:03 pm
At Rincon reservation we had the opportunity to helping plant and add to the already existing walking garden at the cultural center. Students from past years had contributed and our class was to continue the growth of native San Diegan plants. Once everyone showed up it was explained to us what were exactly going to be doing and what types of plants, trees, and shrubs we would be planting. Everyone from our class and Professor Proudfit’s class were split into four groups because they had four categories of plants based off of their geographic location within San Diego. We were in charge of digging the hole, transferring the plant or shrub from the pot, refilling the whole and then adding mulch on top. After we had finished planting everything some of us took a walk with Deborah down this trail along to boundary of land for the Rincon cultural center. It was a pretty cool experience being able to help contribute rather than just receiving a bunch of information. 
Pechanga Indian Reservation Friday, Mar 20 2009
Uncategorized 10:39 pm
I think one of my favorite things we saw this semester going to the local reservations was the great oak tree. This was by far the biggest tree that I can remember seeing, let alone being under. Willie told us that the estimated that it was about 250 years old and oak trees live to about 500 years old. The other thing that I really liked about this field trip in particular was that they had a replica village setup with TPs, sweat hut, and food pits. It just put things in a different perspective actually getting to see what it would have looked like. I also thought it was cool that they had the summer camp program for kids to come learn techniques and traits of the Pechanga tribe. It is just so interesting to me how much these Native Americans were capable of with such little resource.
This sweat hut was used for sacred rituals and healing.
Tierra Miguel Farm Friday, Mar 20 2009
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Tierra Miguel was a cool field trip for me because over the last several years I have tried to be more aware of what’s going on in our world, such things like global warming, where food is coming, where material items are being manufactured,alternative sources of energy, and living a healthier lifestyle. So to be able to go to a local farm and understand the process of growing crops, distributing them and their effect on the earth was a treat. I thought that the powerpoint by Beth was very informative, historically about Tierra Miguel and all their accomplishments since 1999, as well as, ways to conserve in farming. We also learned that San Diego was one of the biggest agriculture areas in California, which I didn’t know. Jonathan was kind enough to give us a tour of the farm and allow us to take pictures. He pointed out several produce items such as: broccoli, kale, kohlrabi (which I had never heard prior to this trip), onion, cabbage, carrots, beats as well as others. Not only did we get to learn all this cool stuff to help promote the awareness of where your fruits and vegetables are being grown but how and with what. We also got to see an amazingly gorgeous sunset turn the mountains pink, purple, orange. Thank you Beth, Jonathan, and the whole Tierra Miguel Foundation for the educational experience.
Sally Mann Tuesday, Mar 3 2009
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If there is any one thing that I like about Sally Mann it is that she views things very differently than the average person would. I was not a big fan of her work involving nude photos of her kids but I was a fan of the death series because it made you think about it differently and maybe be more open to the fact that it will happen one day whether to friends, family members or even yourself. I think that it adds more validity to her work when she has research to back it. In this case I wouldn’t necessarily she researched anything but I like that she went to the University of Tennessee’s decapitation facility, where they perform studies on decaying corpses.
