A Story of Us Podcast Interview: Ben Mertus & Dr. Katie Sejdlik
For fall break we have a double feature! The two latest episodes of A Story of Us are now available on SoundCloud, Apple podcasts and Spotify!
In the first episode, Andrew Mitchel sits down with Ohio State PhD Candidate Benjamin (Ben) Mertus. They discuss the article Beyond Wiindigo Infrastructure; the concept of ecotourism in anthropology; Ben's fieldwork in Manawan, Quebec; the concept of resilience in his research; the hidden costs of fieldwork; and Ben's teaching.
In our second episode, Andrew Mitchel sits down with Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Katie Zejdlik. They discuss the joys of reading fiction as a way to decompress, Dr. Zejdlik's work on mortuary contexts in Romania/Transylvania and her approach to teaching archeology and forensics.