DANIEL BUCKLESMar 24, 20212 minIntroductionThis book is my telling of four decades of professional life, as an artist, anthropologist and activist. It highlights themes and...
DANIEL BUCKLESApr 5, 202140 minChapter 1: Dawson DaysThe summer of 1973, when I was seventeen, I hitch-hiked from Ottawa to Long Beach on Vancouver Island and back, by way of Dawson City,...
DANIEL BUCKLESApr 3, 202125 minChapter 2: Mexican MagicOn the plane to Mexico City from Montreal I happened to sit beside Lilia, a young woman who had been part of Mexico’s Olympic gymnastics...
DANIEL BUCKLESApr 2, 202118 minChapter 3: The EddyI arrived in Dawson from Mexico days after the waters had receded from the Great Dawson Flood of 1979. I arrived in Dawson from Mexico...
DANIEL BUCKLESApr 1, 202121 minChapter 4: A Land Without GodsImage: An Olmec statue that was lost from the top of the San Martin volcano, Mexico. I spent my “gap year” between a Masters degree and a...
DANIEL BUCKLESApr 1, 202121 minChapter 5: The Study of LifeDoing a program of PhD studies in the social sciences is a strange and in many ways unnatural way to learn. It is based on traditions...
DANIEL BUCKLESMar 30, 202125 minChapter 6: Cowardly Land Becomes Brave AgainMy first real job as an anthropologist began with Cajun blackened fish and Louisiana mud pie at a restaurant in downtown Manhattan....
DANIEL BUCKLESMar 29, 202124 minChapter 7: Heart and SoulImage: Kitchen and maize, the heart and soul of traditional Mexican life. In the morning hours of March 1, 1993, I was standing in...
DANIEL BUCKLESMar 28, 202130 minChapter 8: The Poverty of Food PolicyAnthropology is a myopic discipline in some respects, grounded in the details of geography and community practice, place and place...
DANIEL BUCKLESMar 27, 202130 minChapter 9: Cultivating PeaceI worked at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) from 1995 to 2005. I considered myself, as many did, a “talent scout,”...
DANIEL BUCKLESMar 26, 202121 minChapter 10: The Wealth of the Social LandscapeFrom the moment of my first visit to Bangladesh in the mid 1990s I was uplifted and strengthened by the political and spiritual ideas and...
DANIEL BUCKLESMar 25, 202128 minChapter 11: Fighting EvictionI was a gymnast in high school. Short in stature and with compact muscles, my body type was well suited to the sport, encouraged by my...
DANIEL BUCKLESMar 24, 20212 minChapter 12: Breaking Dependency on Tobacco“The sun slowly evaporated the dew off the tobacco leaves. The feeler of the picking machine bounced and groped its way between the...
DANIEL BUCKLESMar 23, 20211 minChapter 13: Participatory Action ResearchForthcoming: A remarkable journey of learning from and with my close friends and colleagues Jacques Chevalier and Michelle Bourassa,...
DANIEL BUCKLESMar 22, 20211 minChapter 14: Ten Ox Herding PicturesForthcoming: Advocacy for municipal action on the climate emergency, and the love of trees I share with my wife and life partner Debra...