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The True North Strong and Free: Summer Research with Canadian Tree Planters
By: Noam Osband
I arrived to northern Ontario not knowing a single person I would meet. This wouldn’t be the first time in my dissertation study of tree planters that I was to introduce myself to a room full of strangers, telling them that I’m an anthropologist and that I come in peace. And, in fact, this time […]