Fulbright Scholar, Temple University, Philadelphia, Education, 2008-2009
To me, the Fulbright experience had the relaxing effect of reminding me what it was that I used to love reading, visiting, looking at, doing, researching and thinking about; summoning me to wake up and discuss, enjoy and interact with a few of the most intellectually stimulating, warm, generous and gracious people or prestigious scholars I have ever met; tapping me on my shoulder to remind me that there is a lot more than mere non-academic toil and frustration in the life of an academe; showing me what often escapes people elsewhere in the whole world: balance, that fine line between work and rest, between busy and bored. The Fulbright experience allowed me to see what America is like in some of its conflicting histories, aesthetic sensibilities, loyalties and values manifest spatially, from landscapes and cityscapes, parks, sports stadiums to mural sites, museums, concerts, court-rooms, eating establishments, or areas of home and political centers…In lots of ways, I see the Fulbright experience as a remake of myself, the shot-by-shot reworking of a classic, with a different cast, addressed to a different audience, not back to the future, but forward to the past.
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