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The Places We've Been:
​Field Reports from Travelers Under 35 (2013)
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Today, young people are traveling to countries such as South Sudan to work in water treatment, and Vietnam to shoot documentaries about healing after war. They are joining in to perform air guitar at festivals in Finland, and listening intently from within the audience at community film screenings in Rwanda. ​The challenge of life today is not necessarily “where do I fit in one place,” but identity and interaction that are boundless.

Collection of original travel narratives that challenge traditional tourism.
Paperback, hardcover, e-book, 400 pages.
​Inaugural project in the launch of an independent organization and national/global network. 

ROLE: developmental editor, publisher
​DESCRIPTION: project background
IMAGES: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ThePlaces35/photos/
SITE: Chicago U.S. / Edinburgh U.K.
ARTISTS: contributing writers include Theopi Skarlatos, journalist with the BBC; Daniel Ketchum, editor at Marvel Comics; Derek Helwig, twelve-season producer with The Amazing Race; Vanessa Mdee, VJ at MTV Base and HIV/AIDS activist; Kaitlin Solimine, co-founder of HIPPO Reads; Andrew Bisharat, editor-at-large for Rock and Ice magazine; Lisa Dazols, co-filmmaker and blogger of Out & Around; Yuki Aizawa, 2007-2008 facilitator at StoryCorps; Justin “Nordic Thunder” Howard, 2012 Air Guitar World Champion

an excerpt of the book is available to view online, and a list of all 48 contributors. 
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an interview with me, about The Places We've Been is available to view
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additional video is available from the 2013 public presentation of The Places We've Been, at the Chicago Cultural Center.

or SoundCloud audio from the 2013 public presentation of The Places We've Been, at the Chicago Cultural Cente
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at the Just Festival/Edinburgh Festival Fringe, supported by a DCASE grant, Scotland 2015
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co-sponsorship with the Illinois Humanities Council, Chicago Cultural Center 2014
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at Vocalo/WBEZ radio, Chicago 2013
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release day, New York 2013
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co-sponsorship with the Illinois Humanities Council, Chicago Cultural Center 2014
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co-sponsorship with the Illinois Humanities Council, Chicago Cultural Center 2014
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release day, Tanzania 2013
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