Field Trip

The search to make this world a better place takes Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s researchers all around the globe, and not always in the comfort of modern hotels.

Faculty and students alike hike into jungles, travel Himalayan roads on horseback, visit scorching farm fields and desert diamond mines, and climb the sides of still-hot volcanic lava flows.

Earth and its inhabitants still hold many secrets waiting to be uncovered, and researchers can카지노 게임 컬렉션�t do it all from a lab or library 카지노 게임 컬렉션� sometimes just reaching a destination in one piece is a struggle.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Just me and my backpack카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Years back, Dr. Chris Spencer was doing geology research on Mount Etna, a volcano in Sicily that had recently erupted. He thought he was avoiding the recent lava flows 카지노 게임 컬렉션� until he caught a whiff of burning rubber and his boots felt heavier. He had stumbled into a very fresh flow hot enough to melt the rubber on his boots.

Just another day not at the office.

Dr. Spencer does not live for office work. Growing up in the mountains of Utah steered him into geology, a field in which he now studies what geochemistry can tell us about mountain-building processes at tectonic plate boundaries.

He has travelled the world 카지노 게임 컬렉션� often the Himalayan mountains, Japan, and New Zealand, but also Namibia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Western Australia, northern and southern China, the American Southwest, and much of Europe.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�What I love is being in the deep wilderness, where there are no roads and it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s just me and my backpack, and no contrails overhead,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says.

Along the way, he has had adventures. Take Namibia. He was travelling in a zone forbidden to most outsiders because it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s near diamond mines (though he had permits to explore there). Just him and a truck. And, of course, the truck got stuck in sand.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I was alone, which wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t the smartest thing at the time,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says. He dug fruitlessly for a day, then loaded up on food and water and started walking.

A day and a half later he reached a road, where some diamond mine security guards eventually turned up and couldn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t believe this stranger was hiking through the desert. The men had AK-47s, so it was lucky he had the permits handy. His new friends 카지노 게임 컬렉션�were very kind. They were just flummoxed, like what on Earth are you doing here?카지노 게임 컬렉션�

They generously took him to the mining camp for food and a shower, and drove him out the next morning to rescue the truck.

We had to ask: Have you ever been hurt in the wilderness?

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Um, hurt?카지노 게임 컬렉션� He pauses, thinking. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�No, nothing that serious. I mean I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve had cholera, I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve had malaria several times,카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션� but was never injured.

His wife and two young sons not only approve of Dad카지노 게임 컬렉션�s adventures; they tag along, camping, while he is in the field. His wife (trained in dance, not geology) was his field assistant before the boys were born.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Every time I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m at my desk, I am scheming ways to get away from the desk카지노 게임 컬렉션� it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s all about planning the next bit of field work.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The Mount Etna boots, somewhat melted, lasted the field trip. Barely.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Monkeys have kind of haunted me카지노 게임 컬렉션�

When Siobhan Speiran ventures into the jungles of Central America to study ecotourism, she knows she is being watched.

Quite frequently, in fact, she finds herself under curious scrutiny by monkeys that have captivated her since she first idolized Jane Goodall, the primatologist and anthropologist who became world renowned for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees. And trekking through the Costa Rican jungle brings her to the lives of monkeys and the delicate task of trying to balance tourism with the welfare of wildlife.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Monkeys have kind of haunted me my whole life,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Ms. Speiran, a PhD candidate in environmental studies.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Jane Goodall was a major hero to me growing up,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�She didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t even have a university degree when she went [to Africa]. She went alone with her mother to do her field work and that카지노 게임 컬렉션�s what I did with my PhD. I went with my mother to Costa Rica. My mother was a botanist.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I really grew fascinated with [Dr. Goodall카지노 게임 컬렉션�s] perspective on how important it was to improve the lives of the local humans in the communities in order to address the chimpanzee conservation issues stemming from the bushmeat trade and deforestation.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

She once intended to study wildlife tourism in Botswana, but ended up specializing in the monkeys of Costa Rica that are a prime attraction in that country카지노 게임 컬렉션�s ecotourism industry. She deals with howler monkeys, capuchins, squirrel monkeys, and spider monkeys.

It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s illegal to own, feed, or touch wildlife in Costa Rica. But some monkeys live in sanctuaries after being confiscated as pets or brought in from the wild after injuries.

She interviews the staff and owners of sanctuaries at every chance and has done volunteer work with them. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�The broader effort of my research is to really look at the sustainability of Costa Rican sanctuaries카지노 게임 컬렉션� for tourism.

But she also goes into the jungle to see wild monkeys. This is sometimes a grey area, as some tour operators bait monkeys with bananas to bring them close enough to pose for photos with tourists 카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션�wildlife selfies.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

카지노 게임 컬렉션�What I like about monkeys is that every single one is really a person to me,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Ms. Speiran.

After watching them for months she sometimes thinks, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I can카지노 게임 컬렉션�t believe I couldn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t tell them apart [in] the first few days!카지노 게임 컬렉션�

They assess her at the same time. The watcher becomes the watched.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�They return the gaze, whether it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s the tourist gaze or the gaze of the researcher.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

This relationship can only be built by being physically present in the jungle. For instance, one monkey she had been watching for a long time reached out its tail to touch her arm. She was startled, thinking it was a snake, and brushed it away.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The next best thing for field work would maybe be a live camera feed. [But] there would be something missing in that interaction.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

카지노 게임 컬렉션�They try to proposition me카지노 게임 컬렉션�

A penny-pinching Greek farmer once forced Dr. Reena Kukreja to work a day picking field greens in return for letting her interview migrant workers on his farm. He thought her interviews were costing him 카지노 게임 컬렉션�lost time.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It was horta 카지노 게임 컬렉션� Greek for greens such as dandelions, chicory, and dill,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she recalls. The men in the fields thought her day of hard labour was funny and ironic.

Dr. Kukreja, from the Department of Global Development Studies, researches the lives of poor and undocumented South Asian farm workers, following them in Greece. She will soon add Spain, Italy, and Portugal to her research focus. Dr. Kukreja sees these workers as mirror images of the workers from Mexico and Central America who harvest crops in Canada and the United States.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s absolutely similar 카지노 게임 컬렉션� their wretched existence, the way they are exploited by the state, the way agri-business and farmers use their temporary status to give them low pay [and] deny them labour rights; [these] are common everywhere,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says.

And meeting them where they work is critical.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I work with marginalized populations who have no access to Zoom [or] internet, and they need face-to-face trust-building.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Raised in north India, Dr. Kukreja speaks the languages of these workers 카지노 게임 컬렉션� Urdu, Punjabi, and Bangla.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�They can speak to me without worrying how their words will be interpreted,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says.

Even if these workers had internet access, she would never get their full story from a distance.

She has to 카지노 게임 컬렉션�physically hoof it there in the field, and sit with them in their dormitories, go with them in the field, feel the heat of the sun with them, and listen to them when they are free.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Her interviews are 카지노 게임 컬렉션�semi-structured.카지노 게임 컬렉션� There카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a guide, but she welcomes changes of direction when the farm workers bring up topics she hasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t thought of. Again, this works best face to face.

The dormitories are an example. She knew they were primitive, but only realized how bad they were when she saw Bangladeshi men on Greek farms sleeping in shacks made of plastic and cardboard, the rain leaking in and soaking their beds, and fetid drainage outdoors carrying disease.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�If I hadn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t stepped inside I would not be able to write about the immense heat,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says.

Greek men have sometimes assumed that if she visits migrant workers, she is a sex worker.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�They try to proposition me, so I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve faced a lot of tricky issues.카지노 게임 컬렉션� Greek police stop and question her too often.

This June she heads to orange and olive farms in Greece to meet workers from Pakistan, Albania, and North Africa.

In the meantime, this professor who studies these farm workers has been gardening.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m a keen veggie grower. Actually, I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m late putting in my lettuce.카지노 게임 컬렉션� (This was April 30.) 카지노 게임 컬렉션�That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s OK. Everything just evens out.카지노 게임 컬렉션�