Understanding such a place solely by the generic term "slum" ignores its complexity and dynamism.
The young people came away so proud of their achievements, with new skills and an understanding of a place of work.
"What is important to me, as a photographer, is to create a body of work that leaves viewers with an emotional understanding of a place and the people there," said Mr. Hill, 42. "I was never going for empirical facts, even though this is the one place on the planet I know better than anywhere".
The type we favor at T is a hybrid of the three, in which great writing and personal narrative is done in the service of not just traipsing along with the writer who got to go on an amazing journey that we didn't, but of bringing you back a new understanding of a place that is enlightening and satisfying regardless of whether you ever plan to visit.
Exploring an unfamiliar environment can open your eyes to a world you never thought existed, teach you important lessons and introduce you to people who will heighten your perspective and understanding of a place and its culture.
But, at the same time, just standing there and looking at a hillside probably wouldn't give you as good of an understanding of a place reading a map--it's sort of abstracted, but it makes the thing immediately comprehensible.
Course evaluations and rigorous assessment show that the Entering Research course helps students in many ways, including finding a mentor, understanding their place in a research community, and connecting their research to their course work in the biological and physical sciences.
We demonstrate that student participants find value in Entering Research and report that the course helps them in many ways including finding a mentor, understanding their place in a research community, and connecting their research to their course work in the biological and physical sciences.
It's a start to understanding these places a bit more and we hope it begins a conversation between cultures that might not otherwise happen.
