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Course Blog – Cultural Engagement and Exploration (2017)

Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion Annam Iyer   Many different groups have come and taken power in Sicily. In chronological order, Sicily has been possessed by the Greeks, Phoenicians/Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, Hohenstaufens, Spanish, Bourbons, and the US and England in modern times before being considered fully part of Italy. Thus, Sicily’s population and...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 2, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

Bernstein and Pellegrino Makes Summer Hit With Assistance From Hayley

We put a lot of effort into making a full music video from scratch–we produced, wrote, filmed, and edited ourselves. Hope you enjoy:  ... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 2, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

Interview with Vittoria

I interviewed Vittoria on the train ride back to Cefalù from Siracusa, which was June 1 around 2:00 pm. Vittora is a teacher at Culturforum in Cefalù and has been our tour guide throughout this trip. She lives in a town about 10km outside of Palermo. I was interested in the differences between family life...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 2, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

Alex Bernstein, Chase Janikowsi, and Dylan Folsom take on Siracusa!

In our final adventure, we have decided to give you an interactive tour with the city. The link is below:... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 2, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

Who Impacted Sicilian Culture the Most?

http://philome.la/emstudentacount/who-impacted-sicilian-culture-the-most Here is the link to the “game” I created for my final project to see who they choose to be most influential to Sicilian culture. Essentially this game is completely dependent on the person playing it and their answer choices. Questions are given and the player must choose the choice they think they align...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 2, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

Leaving Sicily

On Saturday at 12:30pm, I began my walk to the Cefalù train station. At 1:06pm I boarded a train to Palermo, and then took a bus to the airport. At 5pm, I flew from Palermo to Rome. Then, at 10pm, I flew from Rome to Dublin. I spent the night in Ireland and finally departed...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

Interview with Jessica from Cathedral Coffee

For my one-on-one interview, I spoke with Jessica, a hostess/waitress at Cathedral Coffee at Piazza del Duomo. She is a middle-aged woman, born and brought up in Cefalu. She works at Cathedral Coffee from 7am-3pm; then she gets involved with local Cefalu politics. Jessica is the daughter of the owner of Cathedral Coffee. She started...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

Julieni from Tentazioni Mediterranee

The following interview has been scribed and paraphrased by me through listening to the 20-minute recording and translating as much as I could. Although it may not be perfect, I found the experience satisfying and hope that most of the information is correct and conveys Julieni’s answers well: Audio Recording I decided to interview Julieni,...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

Phoinissai and Seven Against Thebes

On Wednesday, we went to Siracusa’s ancient theatre and saw a presentation of Phoinissai (“The Phoenician Women”) by Euripides, which follows a similar plot to “Seven Against Thebes” by Aeschylus. Both plays depict the conflict between Polynices and Eteocles for the Theban throne; because the brothers had attempted to hide their father away for his shame in marrying his mother, Oedipus...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

Siracusa Video Tour

Watch my video tour of Siracusa here! Sources: Tour guide: Walking tour of Sicily http://www.dl.ket.org/latin/mythology/3fables/love/alpheus.htm http://www.italianways.com/the-fountain-of-diana-in-syracuse-and-arethusas-metamorphosis/ http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art423.htm... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

The Tragedy

Experience Blog 5 Our last day of exploring new places dawned upon us. Much like Mount Etna, I was extremely excited to see what the day offered us, this time being exploring the catacombs of Siracusa and following up with a Greek tragedy in an actual outdoors theatre. While the catacombs certainly were interesting, the...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

A Classic Greek Tragedy

On Wednesday night, we attended a Greek Tragedy at the Teatro Greco of Siracusa. The theatre is built into a hill so that the audience can look down at the play and also see the city of Siracusa in the background. Seeing a play in Greek tragedy style was an unbelievable experience, especially to see...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post, Blog posts

La Brace

The night before the free weekend began, a group of ten of us went to a small restaurant in the heart of Cefalu called La Brace. One of us looked it up beforehand and read that it is one of the better restaurants in town, but is usually not very crowded or publicized due to...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

Il mare

  pic.twitter.com/Etglvc06aM — MikeyP (@michaelbpelleg1) June 1, 2017 As a 19-year-old male college student, I would generally consider myself to be both spontaneous and a “live in the moment” type person, throwing myself into activities and aspirations with a lack of plans yet a strong hope for success as I merely figure things out as...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

The Phoenician Women

For our final class field trip of the Maymester, we journeyed to Siracusa, an ancient Sicilian city located in the south eastern part of the island. We spent two nights there, one of which we got to see a Greek tragedy “The Phoenician Women” by Euripides. It is based on the same story as Aeschylus’...... KEEP READING

Posted by on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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