Jordana Rubenstein-Edberg
Bard College
Project
A Place of Return: The Structure and Symbolism of Home
Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala
My Watson year consists of two major components: active participation in house construction and story documentation. I seek to understand the nature of stability and how construction helps define it. In each country, I will visit two locations with widely different environmental, economic, and social factors. How is life experience reflected in the construction process? What is revealed about a family or place by their creation of home?