Sushi in Cortez
Subtitle: interdisciplinary essays on Mesa Verde
By: edited by David Taylor and Steve Wolverton ; foreword by Catherine S. Fowler
Publisher: The University of Utah Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9781607814122; 9781607814139
Subjects: Antiquities; Description and travel; Excavations (Archaeology); Cultural landscapes; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Description: "The Mesa Verde region is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and is an area fraught with complexities, anomalies, and layers of histories. Sushi in Cortez is a collection of essays by an interdisciplinary group of academics, artists, and cultural observers that explores this diverse landscape and heritage by combining and sharing the differing perspectives provided by various disciplines. Poetry, film, environmental philosophy, nature photography, native Pueblo perspectives, and archaeology are used to touch on the common questions people ask about the value of their work and lives as well as the value of visiting ancient sites such as Mesa Verde. The authors share personal stories about the difficulties, joys, confusions, and epiphanies they experienced as they crossed the boundaries of their professional lives, coming to understand how incomplete any single rendition of place can be. Find a video of the experience as well as additional images on our website www.uofupress.com"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Making Sushi and Producing the Mesa Verde Project / Steve Wolverton; title: Spinning in Circles / Steve Bardolph; title: Two Trips to a Brewpub : Stories toward Interdisciplinary Thinking / David Taylor; title: Irrigating Astrofalfa / Porter Swentzell; title: Location/Fracture : Documentary Storytelling in Mesa Verde / Melinda Levin; title: Fire in the Rain : Exploring the Moral Terrains of Mesa Verde / Robert Melchior Figueroa; title: Epilogue.