{"id":742,"date":"2015-07-06T11:10:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T16:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/MWBrazilBlog\/?p=742"},"modified":"2019-07-29T16:27:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T21:27:06","slug":"epilogue-to-the-2015-university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee-study-abroad-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/MWBrazilBlog\/?p=742","title":{"rendered":"Epilogue to the 2015 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Study Abroad Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The entries to this blog are meant for the wonderful\u00a0 UW-Milwaukee students who took this Study Abroad trip, and to the teachers and cultural artists with whom we spent our time.\u00a0 I accompanied trip, assisting in various ways the leader, Professor Simone Ferro of the Dance Department,\u00a0the Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.\u00a0 I also served as self-appointed documentarian and informal blogger, trying to reflect the main themes of the trip.<\/p>\n

The students themselves provided\u00a0 ongoing personal comments on social media; this blog is, for the most part, not about those personal experiences so much as the group activities and our contact with Afro-Brazilian culture in Northeast Brazil.<\/p>\n

Though there will be some additions to\u00a0the individual entries as there is more time for reflection and feedback, the basic posts are in place.<\/p>\n

Several of the\u00a0individual posts include video clips of dance classes or festival performances.\u00a0 The video clips are\u00a0linked below as well for anyone who would like to see them all together.<\/p>\n

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Drumming classes with Afro-Brazilian samba-reggae group Olodum<\/em>, Salvador (Bahia), June, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n