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Day 87: Brookline

A nice walk around Brookline including a quick stop at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (JFK’s birthplace at 83 Beals Street) and New England Comics.  

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Day 47: The Kennedy Tapes

I’ve read several great books in the last few months/years but I can’t remember the last time I was so gripped by a book that I lost sleep because I couldn’t put it down. It reads like it’s written by … Continue reading

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Day 28: JFK/UMass

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‘Civility is not a sign of weakness…’

 

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Day 25: JFK Presidential Library and Museum

            

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Day 18: Old Harbor

So I’m walking along the beach at the Old Harbor, listening to this incredibly nostalgic, wonderful album with traditional songs from the Greek community in Southern Italy (forever grateful to BBC Radio 3 for introducing me to it) and I’m … Continue reading

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Day 15: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway

   Walked, photographed and observed the entire Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway – Boston’s linear urban park that spans a huge area from Chinatown via the Wharf district to the North End. The Greenway was opened in 2008 after the 20-year … Continue reading

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“You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.” (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis)

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Front Cover

“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.” (John F. Kennedy, May 18, 1963)

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Halloween Symmetry

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Day 9: Savin Hill

Working lunch at McKenna’s; developing a framework for the analysis of urban civic culture; thinking about the challenge of preserving memory and encountering the Other in multicultural societies; oh, and by the way, school buses are back, after a strike … Continue reading

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Hoop Dreams

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Day 3: Savin Hill, UMass

Rainy day, feels like proper autumn. Starting to draft a curriculum framework that merges urban environmental education and media literacy, enabling students to utilise new media so as to engage with local issues.

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Day 2: Old Harbor, JFK/UMass, Savin Hill

First exploratory fieldwork session, collecting visual evidence of how civic engagement is embedded in public space. Turns out I’m neighbours with Martin J. Walsh – one of the two candidates in Boston’s mayoral race. 25 C, sweating in shorts and … Continue reading

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Day 1

   Breakfast at McKenna’s Cafe. Beautiful sunny day, friendly people, great to be here.

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