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A vertical photograph of a brick wall inside the Rock Art Enclosures at the Apartheid Museum. The wall features several dark, raised handprints of varying sizes positioned at different heights. Below the handprints, the words "WE ARE THINKERS" are inscribed in blue capital letters. Natural light shines down from an opening in the ceiling above.
  • South Africans in Six Descriptors

    Having arrived home from South Africa on April 11, I have taken some time to try to process our experiences in Johannesburg and Cape Town.  One of the most difficult, distressing, and uplifting museums that we visited in Johannesburg was the Apartheid Museum.  When you enter you are given a ticket that randomly classifies you

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    Living in a world of “known unknowns”

    Donald Rumsfeld, February 12, 2002:  “As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” Remember Donald

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    Words of Wisdom

    All of us are navigating our way through the fog of a pandemic that defies description.  In the midst of this, I have been encouraged, cheered, and uplifted by the words of my colleagues and friends, both here at ACC and elsewhere. Department chairs deserve special recognition for their leadership in this time of uncertainty

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    RB!

    Sometimes, in the midst of planning for every eventuality (the coronavirus), and answering questions for over an hour about your approach to record-keeping (the records inventory that is being conducted at the college), and planning for a regional corequisite conference in Port Arthur on March 21, and developing questions for a survey and focus group

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