Alexis McBride
Category Archives: Indoors
Huronia Museum and Ouendat (Wendat) Village
Visited the Huronia Museum and Ouendat Village this weekend with my family, and we loved it. The museum itself was a typical small museum, with exhibits on the history of the area, focussing on some of the marine disasters and … Continue reading
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Tagged Huron, longhouse, Ouendat, palisade, sweatlodge, Wendat
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Pompeii vs ROMpeii Markets
One of the things I loved seeing at Pompeii were the shopfronts. I loved seeing the counters, and imagining people standing around waiting for their food, negotiating, gossiping, and enjoying themselves. I took countless photos of these shopfronts, completely enchanted … Continue reading
#ROMpeii Exhibit
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the display of human remains over the past year. I’ve written a few blog posts about it, and I’ve seen my views develop and change. Visiting the ROM’s new Pompeii exhibit, #ROMpeii, … Continue reading
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Tagged #ROMpeii, death, human remains, museums, photography, plaster casts, Pompeii, respect
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Latrines and Public Toilets
Is there such a thing as a ‘private’ public space? I’m not talking about privately owned space that is opened up to the public (will get to that someday), but rather spaces that are public, but provide privacy. Is that … Continue reading
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Tagged baths, latrine, pissoir, public toilets, Roman baths, toilet
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Underground Seattle: Cherie Priest’s BONESHAKER
Cherie Priest’s excellent steampunk book BONESHAKER is based on the premise that an epic digging machine dug under the city of Seattle and unleashed a mysterious gas. This gas killed people, but then reanimated their bodies. The victims are called … Continue reading
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Tagged Boneshaker, Cherie Priest, damage, litter, public spaces, Seattle, zombies
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Published! Capacity of non-dwelling spaces
Some personal news now. An article that I have been working on for what seems like forever has finally been accepted, and is online ahead of print at the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. This article is based on my PhD … Continue reading
The Heaving Floor of St Mark’s Basilica
The floor was what did it for me. The floor of the basilica in Venice has suffered so much movement over the years that it looks like a water park, frozen in these dramatic undulating waves. The beautiful mosaics rising … Continue reading
How Long-Distance Trains are Effective Public Spaces
I just read a really interesting article by Danya Sherman on how long distance trains in the US are effective public spaces. She details many ways in which the trains function to bring disparate communities together, foster an interest and … Continue reading
Pipes at Pompeii
This isn’t strictly about public space, but I simply loved seeing all the ceramic pipes around Pompeii. Most of the ones I saw were exposed in the walls of the houses, but some of them were drainage pipes. There was … Continue reading
Public Places Past and Present 