So, I ended up here

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So, I ended up here

• Miles Stauffer
• LIBR 500 Foundations of Information Technology
• chonk_at_interchange.ubc.ca

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My Family

• My Father David Stauffer
• was born in rural , South Bend Indiana.

• My Mother Claire Stauffer
• grew up in Seattle and
• Kwajalein in the
• Marshall Islands

• And the rest of the kids

Very far away!

• My Brother Wayne Stauffer
• studies at the University of
• Washington and is majoring in
• WWII History.

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Living the Dream in Central America

• Archaeology student studying in Belize, Central
  America for two summers.

How can one measure 100 bricks in a day?
Surveying and measuring a wall for the
archaeological record. All bricks were measured!
Stairs leading to the top of the Kings seat at
our site, Minanha.
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Belize
My home was in the jungle of San Ignacio where I
lived right on the Guatemalan border. It was
interesting to live without many things, like
running water and electricity.
Practicing slash and burn agriculture
A Kings view from the top of Caracol.
A stele from 400 A.D. (Caracol)
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Guatemala
I was able to visit Tikal twice, the largest
Mayan city.
Date of Stele
The Kings headdress
Side profile of face
Scepter
Other date
Date
Stele of the first ruler of Tikal. This dates
back to 300 A.D.
Atop of temple IV at 80 meters the Maya knew what
they were doing. Temples I-III sit in the center
of the site.
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Costa Rica

• I lived in Playa Hermosa sitting on the beach and
  doing nothing

The black sand beach of Playa Hermosa
Too small to see!
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Nicaragua

• San Juan Del Sur,
• and Granada were
• amazing!

Bullet holes still line the walls of many
buildings during the revolutions.
The extremely isolated area of San Juan Del Sur.
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Education

• Graduated Shoreline Community College with an
  Associates in Arts and Sciences.
• Graduated from the University of Washington with
  a major in Anthropology, and minors in American
  Indian Studies and Eastern European Literature.

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My Hobbies

• One reason for moving up to B.C. was for the
  climbing!

I am looking forward to climbing The Chief this
summer which is located only 40 minutes from
campus in Squamish.
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And also
Making time to travel to central California and
tackle El Capitan in Yosemite, California!
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How did I get to UBC?

• I read Outline of a Theory of Practice by
  Pierre Bourdeau.
• A book about the praxis of anthropological study
  in the field and how to collect reliable and
  valid data.
• I became interested in how information is
  cataloged and stored.
• Started archiving my own phonographic records
  from the University of Washington.

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And now that I'm here ...
I plan to get my joint degree from SLAIS,
Meet new friends,
And enjoy myself in this beautiful new country!
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I would Like to Thank

• My Parents for their help and support
• The UBC and SLAIS
• Wonderful teachers at the University of
  Washington
• And the Great Outdoors.