tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post1973386012659076591..comments2024-03-27T13:28:18.163-04:00Comments on Balter's Blog: Of divorce, deception, and defamation: Did UC Santa Barbara archaeologist Danielle Kurin tell the truth? [Updated July 29, 2020]Michael Balterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311614050647338141noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-74720555794383199942020-08-07T17:58:39.635-04:002020-08-07T17:58:39.635-04:00Prof. Kurin was getting high with students in her ...Prof. Kurin was getting high with students in her field school??? <br />This is a direct quote from her field program syllabus<br />https://web.archive.org/web/20160810120805/http://ifrglobal.org/images/2016/Syllabi/Syllabus-Peru_Sondor_2016.pdf<br />“Don’t do anything foolish. Purchasing, buying, importing/exporting illegal drugs or paraphernalia, ancient artifacts, and weapons are serious crimes in Peru. If arrested, the police are required by international treaty to notify the US embassy. However, the embassy will not intervene on your behalf or negotiate your release. They will only contact your parents and/or give you a list of local lawyers. You are not exempt from Peruvian laws simply because you are an American or a student. The Peruvian legal system is very different from the US system; there is no presumption of innocence and there is no bail.”<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-34310220572985355692020-08-04T13:31:13.433-04:002020-08-04T13:31:13.433-04:00Very odd that she would password-protect her lab p...Very odd that she would password-protect her lab page, considering that last year it wasn’t and all other anthro labs at the department are still open access. What is she trying to hide? If Gomez is still promoted on that page, the faculty should demand to remove it ASAP. It's a disgrace to UCSB and a slap in the face to students. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-24709182337344932832020-08-04T00:02:51.759-04:002020-08-04T00:02:51.759-04:00My jaw just dropped reading the comment that Gomez...My jaw just dropped reading the comment that Gomez was still promoted as a “Affiliated Research Scientist” at UCSB in 2019! If they found him to be guilty of sexual harassment back in 2016, why did they allow his profile to be posted on an official UCSB Anthropology Department page along with other members of the Walker Lab? Most important: Is it still up? The link is password-protected…<br />https://kurin.anth.ucsb.edu/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-90614547805104390942020-08-03T12:30:34.820-04:002020-08-03T12:30:34.820-04:00“Mr. Gomez is not some powerful or cosmopolitan Pe...“Mr. Gomez is not some powerful or cosmopolitan Peruvian. Rather he is an indigenous, first-language Quechua speaker who has lived his whole life in one of the poorest regions in the Western Hemisphere.”<br />Kurin’s above description of her ex-husband as that impoverished, persecuted, hut-dwelling indigenous man is also how she portrayed him when retaliating against the students who complained about his harassment in 2015. She conjures that fabricated persona when it suits her fancy, with the sinister objective of shaming and discrediting all those who complain against him. This also serves to highlight her manipulative nature. Before all the mierda hit the fan, Kurin would in fact often introduce him as that powerful and cosmopolitan Peruvian. For example, on her UCSB Bioarchaeology lab website she had a whole profile page dedicated to him, with the following Bio:<br /><br />Enmanuel Gomez Choque<br />Affiliated Research Scientist<br />Universidad Nacional Jose Maria Arguedas<br />dgomez@unajma.edu.pe<br />Office Location: Andahuaylas Field Research Station, #349 Av. Peru, Andahuaylas, Apurimac, Peru<br />Specialization: Andean Studies; Forensic & Mortuary Archaeology; Indigenous Archaeology; Archaeometrics <br />Education: Maestria, Admisinstracion de Educacion Universitario, Universidad Cesar Vallejo (Peru), 2014 (exp.) Licenciatura, Universidad Nacional San Cristobal de Huamanaga (Peru), 2009 Bachiller, Universidad Nacional San Cristobal de Huamanaga (Peru), 2007<br /><br />Bio: <br />Enmanuel is a Peruvian archaeologist, fluent in Quechua, recognized by the Registro Nacional de Arqueologos and Colegio Profesional de Arqueologos del Peru. Over the past 15 years, Enmanuel has directed a several major heritage conservation projects in the region, which have been recognized on the national level (Goethe Institut Lima; Ministerio del Ambiente; etc.). He has directed international collaborative research projects throughout Peru. As a forensic archaeologist with the Equipo Especializado Forense in Ayacucho, Enmanuel directed exhumations of victims from Peru's civil war (1980-2000). While a fellow at the Instituto Bartolome de las Casas and the Asociacion Paz y Esperanza, Enmanuel directed regional victim registrationefforts and has organized reconciliation workshops. He is the author and editor of numerous publications, including the new volume: Investigaciones Arqueologicas y Antropologicas en los Andes Sud-Centrales (Prensa Unajma). Enmanuel has served as a professor and administrator at Universidad Alas Peruanas, Universidad Tecnologica de los Andes, and Universidad Nacional Jose Maria Arguedas. He has taught courses on Andean anthropology, research methods, heritage management, archaeology and history, and rural sociology. Enmanuel is also executive director of the Andahuaylas Museum, co-director of the Andahuaylas Bioarchaeology Project, and chief administrator of the Andahuaylas Field Research Station. His current research interests include Andean archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, forensic archaeology, mortuary studies, museology, issues of tourism and cultural patrimony, and environmental archaeology. Currently, Enmanuel serves as the head of International Development at Jose Maria Arguedas National University. [Followed by a list of 10 publications]<br /><br />In other pages of her website she refers to him as “Prof. Gomez.”<br />That bio was still posted there until at least last year:<br />https://web.archive.org/web/20190227200000/www.anth.ucsb.edu/kurinlab/people/enmanuel-gomez-choque<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-11884861860676969252020-07-29T18:04:08.897-04:002020-07-29T18:04:08.897-04:00Es muy indignante que la defensa de la Sra Kurin, ...Es muy indignante que la defensa de la Sra Kurin, diga que el Sr. Enmanuel Gomez Choque nunca fue condenado por delito alguno. Cuando realmente sí estuvo preso cumpliendo una condena por violación sexual contra una estudiante de arqueología de la Universidad de Huamanga. Si alguien solicita un certificado de antecedentes penales en el poder judicial peruano, allí estará claramente demostrado que se tarta de un ex-reo que cumplio condena por el delito de violacion sexual. También es risible que manifiesten que el mencionado delincuente es víctima de racismo y otras falacias. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-8298054019575345832020-07-28T14:21:02.353-04:002020-07-28T14:21:02.353-04:00All of whom, with the exception of Kurin, were shu...All of whom, with the exception of Kurin, were shunned by their home institutions by either terminating affiliation, forcing to resign, or denying emeritus status. Now that's a club you certainly don't want to belong to. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-81590209746624080142020-07-26T13:45:24.782-04:002020-07-26T13:45:24.782-04:00Thanks for this last comment. In addition to Rathj...Thanks for this last comment. In addition to Rathjen, in the defamation complaint, Kurin comes to the defense of several other confirmed sexual abusers she claims I harassed, including Brian Richmond, David Yesner, and Ran Boytner, and of course her own ex-husband, Enmanuel Gomez ChoqueMichael Balterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311614050647338141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-62121746814366452462020-07-26T13:28:35.015-04:002020-07-26T13:28:35.015-04:0034. On May 20, 2020, Balter published a ...34. On May 20, 2020, Balter published a blog accusing yet another professor – this one in Australia – of being a “sexual predator” and “pedophile protector.” See http://michael-balter.blogspot.com/2020/05/peter-rathjen-serial-sexual-predator.html (last visited June 11, 2020).<br /><br />Catching up other cases posted on these blog pages, I am aghast to read in Kurin’s lawsuit how she attempts to bring the above case against Peter Rathjen as akin to her own alleged defamation by Balter. She’d be wise to choose another role model. For those who are unaware, Rathjen (University of Adelaide) recently came under investigation for misconduct and has now resigned. You can read all about it in the link above. I urge readers to pay close attention to the many comments contributed by those close to the case, and who are extremely appreciative of Mr Balter’s journalism on this and related perpetrators. My guess is that these guys would still be abusing their power if it wasn’t for his intervention in this blog. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-14286784117612775112020-07-25T19:36:47.218-04:002020-07-25T19:36:47.218-04:00Re the last comment. The allegations that Balter b...Re the last comment. The allegations that Balter brings forth hinge heavily on new testimonies of students and faculty members. Kurin’s lawsuit, on the other hand, hinges almost entirely on old testimonies provided after the cases of 2015 and 2018. Therefore, Kurin’s argument that Balter is lying since she was not found guilty of anything is entirely irrelevant. New evidence seems to suggest that there is more to the truth than what was concluded back then, especially if there were coverups by herself and the investigating institutions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-73852448678321255512020-07-25T14:59:04.225-04:002020-07-25T14:59:04.225-04:00These two quotes from Scher’s reply encapsulate wh...These two quotes from Scher’s reply encapsulate what he and Kurin really think of all the harassed victims/survivors, retaliated-against students, gaslighted faculty, multiple eye-witnesses, and any other who shared their grievances with Balter:<br /><br />“His hunt to cover up this falsehood by suggesting that Dr. Kurin’s divorce is somehow a sham has fallen flat – even flatter than the paper thin pancake of unverified anonymously given hearsay that forms the basis of most of his blogs.”<br /><br />“First, we respect the right of witnesses to come forward and say whatever they want anonymously. Second, in our view, everything these witnesses have said or have to say is inadmissible in Court anyway.”<br /><br />How exactly do they “respect the right of witnesses to come forward and say whatever they want anonymously” if they consider their testimony to be “paper thin pancake of unverified anonymously given hearsay”? The answer lies in the last sentence. In their opinion it is “inadmissible in Court”, so therefore should not be taken seriously. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-6693438543527065962020-07-24T13:15:53.466-04:002020-07-24T13:15:53.466-04:00Guys, settle down. She's white and was smoking...Guys, settle down. She's white and was smoking weed and passing it around to other white students. I mean sure she clearly knew she shouldn't be doing it (according to the handbook she provided to students). But it's ok because she's white. In the words of John Mulaney: <br /><br />"It’s insane. Yeah, well… All right, don’t “whoo” if you’re white. It’s always been legal for us. Come on, sir. We don’t go to jail for marijuana, you silly billy. When I was arrested with a one-hitter at a Rusted Root concert, I did not serve hard time. I think I got an award."<br /><br />I'm curious if Kurin procured the weed while in Peru (helping fund the local indigenous farmers) or if she carried it with her from the US (y'know... across international borders). I've certainly known plenty of archaeologists and anthropologists who have been pretty cavalier about carrying their little personal stash all over the world. Either way, someone with that level of white lady privilege has no business calling anyone a "racist gringa". <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-4782755409919579452020-07-23T17:46:38.134-04:002020-07-23T17:46:38.134-04:00
The quotes below are from the handbook that Danie...<br />The quotes below are from the handbook that Danielle circulated to participants before the field school. It is very disappointing if she herself was involved in that sort of activity and was endangering her students and TAs. I should say though that I’ve never used or was offered drugs while attending the program.<br /><br />From the handbook:<br /><br />Participants working on the Project affirm the following: <br />6. I will not buy, sell, or use illegal drugs at any time. <br /><br />Don’t do anything foolish. Purchasing or possessing illegal drugs, paraphernalia, <br />ancient artifacts, and weapons are serious crimes in Peru. If arrested, the police <br />are required by international treaty to notify the US Embassy. However, the <br />embassy will not intervene on your behalf or negotiate your release. They will <br />only contact your parents and/or give you a list of local lawyers. You are not <br />exempt from Peruvian laws simply because you are an American or a <br />participant. The Peruvian legal system is very different from the US system; there is <br />no presumption of innocence and there is no bail. <br /><br />Finally, Field Workers must expect that Project Management will impose <br />disciplinary action on participants who engage in acts of mayhem, public <br />intoxication and/or any abuse of drugs or alcohol. Specific sanctions meted out <br />by Peruvian authorities for concomitant legal violations may also occur.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-72117788236085554942020-07-23T15:49:13.350-04:002020-07-23T15:49:13.350-04:00100% agree with the previous comment. As I underst...100% agree with the previous comment. As I understand it and as with many places in the world, in the case of marijuana it is the quantity of the possessed substance rather than the drug type itself that determines whether it is illegal or not in Peru. Students, however, will not always be aware of those legal nuances and so it is important to advise them to steer clear from any drug use while traveling, studying or working in a foreign country. If Kurin decided to smoke a joint after hours and behind closed doors then that’s her decision, although an extremely irresponsible one and setting a bad example to her staff and students. But if she actually *gave it* to her students, well, that’s just inexcusable. If those individuals will be willing to testify to that under oath, then I suspect that that’s pretty much it for Danielle Kurin at UCSB. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-55724315443721915022020-07-23T15:12:46.065-04:002020-07-23T15:12:46.065-04:00If the above students’ testimonies are true, then ...If the above students’ testimonies are true, then regardless of whether marijuana use is illegal or not under Peruvian laws, a field school director should NEVER EVER give weed to her students! From my experience of many years working in Peru, the police can be extremely corrupt and if they catch a foreign student with that stuff they will threaten with anything from fines to jail time to deportation. This is even worse in rural areas where there is less oversight. In most cases it is likely that they won’t or can’t exercise any of these threats and are only after a small bribe, but it can still be a very traumatic experience to the student involved and put the entire project at risk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-681958371606594502020-07-23T13:53:10.384-04:002020-07-23T13:53:10.384-04:00A correction to my above comment. "But also k...A correction to my above comment. "But also know that what you are currently feeling is probably worse than what you put many people through." should read "But also know that what you are currently feeling is similar to the rage and anguish those you have bullied and retaliated against have felt and are still feeling, and they probably feel it worse."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-66200283531848765042020-07-23T13:44:28.529-04:002020-07-23T13:44:28.529-04:00I'm not sure what the fees were for students a...I'm not sure what the fees were for students attending her field schools through the IFR but for most field schools part of the justification for the high fees is that they include meals, lodging and university credits. I read that atleast one of Kurin's field schools through the IFR did not include university credits because UCLA refused to provide the credits to her field school (probably due to the accusations of sexual harassment and bullying), yet the IFR offered the field school anyway. Furthermore, now it seems that Gomez's family (and by extension, Kurin's in-laws) were the ones providing the lodging and meals. She makes it sound like it was their kindness but were they being compensated for those from student fees? because if that's the case, that's called double dipping. The more i read about this the more it seems like exploitation of students. She lures them to this field school, takes their money, provides subpar teaching, allows these students to be sexually harassed by her husband, threatens them if they speak out. Lets also be clear about two things: Kurin is a white woman who comes from a fairly affluent and priviledged background. As a person of colour, i find her appropriation of racial injustices as cover for her abuse of students to be particularly offensive. She is calling women that have spoken out about sexual abuse, "racist gringas" and "sexual voyeurs". Why does she think she can do this? Because she married an indeginous Peruvian man? That doesn't make him a saint. That makes him a human being capable of the same horrible behaviour a white man is capable of, namely sexually abusing women. Don't appropriate real indigenious struggles to justify your white priviledge and your husband's male priviledge. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-4944120560213827452020-07-23T13:32:57.511-04:002020-07-23T13:32:57.511-04:00To Danielle,
It is not too late to turn your life ...To Danielle,<br />It is not too late to turn your life around. I was shocked and disappointed when I first heard about the things you did, and this was before Balter’s reporting. I was shocked because over the years, I thought I saw more good in you than bad. You were (are?) humorous, passionate, and hard-working. You’ve made major mistakes and have doubled down on them in the past years. All you need to do is to own up to your mistakes, publicly apologize to everyone personally and publicly, make reparations to them, and drop this lawsuit that you cannot win. You might think that doubling down, as you had done over the past decade, is the only way to save your reputation and career. This is not true. I think you underestimate the graciousness of others. You can still have a future in your life-long passion (maybe in the museum world?) if you make amends publicly from a place of humility. I know you must be going through lots of terrible emotions right now; the latest update about your 2017 and 2018 activities shows the emotional toll the consequences that your own actions have taken on you. But also know that what you are currently feeling is probably worse than what you put many people through. Please try to think about that. Please let your better angels conquer your ego and pride, and see the damage you’ve done and make amends. It’s not too late to start anew.<br />From, <br />A former, and hopefully future, friendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-42298394481693947122020-07-22T20:53:01.203-04:002020-07-22T20:53:01.203-04:00A few weeks ago Danielle Kurin posted on her blog ...A few weeks ago Danielle Kurin posted on her blog an article she wrote for the Cotsen Institute’s ‘Backdirt’ Magazine, where she provided the following acknowledgment: <br />“My sincerest thanks to the faculty, students, and staff affiliated with the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology for magnanimously providing a sophisticated and inspirational forum for intellectual growth. Support from the Institute for Field Research enabled me to write this article. I am truly indebted to my mentors Yuval Bar Zemer, Hans Barnard, Ran Boytner, Michael DeNiro, Enmanuel Gomez, Sabine Hyland, Stella Nair, Charles Stanish, and Willeke Wendrich.”<br /><br />https://ioa.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/media/assets/Backdirt2016_web.pdf<br />(scroll to pages 18-19)<br /><br />The most interesting thing is that this was published back in December 2016, so a few months after the Institute for Field Research had canceled the field school they planned with her due to the Title IX findings. What was, then, the acknowledged support the IFR provided for Kurin in order to write this article? Equally interesting to find mentioned here so many of the ‘usual suspects’ such as Gomez, Boytner, Wendrich, and Stanish, but most curious is the mention of Yuval Bar Zemer. Bar Zemer, an industrial developer in downtown Los Angeles, is also an investor, board member, and former chairperson of the IFR. Why would Kurin refer to Bar Zemer as her “mentor”, particularly since he is definitely not an archaeologist? Did Bar Zemer fund her research in 2016, when she and Gomez were found culpable (apparently can’t use the word “guilty”) of Title IX violations? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-61398435101156690102020-07-22T16:52:29.929-04:002020-07-22T16:52:29.929-04:00Kurin and her attorney are attempting to use an es...Kurin and her attorney are attempting to use an essentialized portrait of oppression as cover for her unethical actions. These living condition descriptions she attributes to her (former) in-laws are fetishizing, objectifying caricatures of poverty based on racist tropes. Why should making one's own (thread?!) bedding negate the long history of assault by Gomez and the demonstrated pattern of vicious retaliation by Kurin? Kurin and Scher further claim that "Mr. Gomez is not some powerful or cosmopolitan Peruvian." If true, how could that possibly work to undo the damage done by his serial harassment and assault? Alas, it's not even true. This is just one of many lies and deceptions. Mr. Gomez was named in January 2019 as the Jefe de la Division de Educacion, Turismo, Cultura y Deporte (head of the division of education, tourism, culture and sports) for the Provincial Municipality of Andahuaylas. He was also, as of 2017, the Director Sub Regional de Comercio Exterior y Turismo Andahuaylas - DIRCETUR, Gobierno Regional de Apurimac (the subregional director of exterior commerce and tourism of Andahuaylas for the regional government of Apurimac). Gomez knows what he's done. Kurin knows, too. And they both continue to represent Andahuaylas culture and history in public spaces (Gomez as a local official and both of them in the upcoming, much-maligned Apurimac archaeology conference in which they are presenting) "como unos sinverguenzas" (shamelessly). This letter is one more shameless act full of lies and distractions, yet this time explicitly drawing from racist perceptions of poor Indians and noble savages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-88087085534119148922020-07-22T16:21:32.327-04:002020-07-22T16:21:32.327-04:00If Kurin wrote that letter, it seems she would do ...If Kurin wrote that letter, it seems she would do well to proofread it before sending. It reads as very disjointed and full of irrelevant topics. There are also some obvious spelling errors, such as "as is his want." Why are rumors in the comments section relevant to what Balter has published? The whole letter reads as very racist, intended for an audience that is unfamiliar with Peru except the vague idea that everyone lives in a mud hut sleeping in a room with 12 other people. "He seems to most relish attacking young vulnerable women and indigenous minorities." It doesn't matter who the person is, and looking over the list of people he has investigated, they are overwhelmingly white men in powerful positions.<br /><br />I am also curious why Kurin thinks 18 million dollars is justified in her case. It's about 3 times a typical settlement amount for a wrongful death lawsuit. Does she think her reputation, which was already damaged prior to Balter's reporting, is worth the lives of three people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-43540018778214051102020-07-22T15:28:08.985-04:002020-07-22T15:28:08.985-04:00Correction to the above, Gomez's father was ma...Correction to the above, Gomez's father was mayor of Cachi, a city in Andahuaylas province, not of the city of Andahuaylas itself.Michael Balterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311614050647338141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-64027633475933796722020-07-22T15:19:56.355-04:002020-07-22T15:19:56.355-04:00Again, I want to point out that Kurin has no idea ...Again, I want to point out that Kurin has no idea who my sources are, and the fact that she assumes they must be "female college students" increases my concerns that she might try to retaliate against people she suspects are talking to me. As we know, there is proof positive that she has retaliated in the past.<br /><br />Kurin, by the way, speaks Quechua fluently, which makes her well known and popular in the town--and very likely to have found somewhere else to stay were it not that she was staying with Gomez.Michael Balterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311614050647338141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-67850527113327595632020-07-22T15:07:57.240-04:002020-07-22T15:07:57.240-04:00Exactly! And even if he was that poor Quechua-spea...Exactly! And even if he was that poor Quechua-speaking indigenous, that does not give him any right to sexually harass people. <br />And then she/her lawyer have the nerve to write:<br />“Had Mr. Balter done actual research, rather than at 3am blasting out the gossipy hearsay of American female college students overbroad (as is his want, and as has been the basis of almost all of his “reporting” about Dr. Kurin), he would have realized some additional and very important facts” <br /><br />Not Balter’s fault that American female college students are Gomez’s favorite victims, so it is they who report. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-15237635482265936042020-07-22T14:54:00.158-04:002020-07-22T14:54:00.158-04:00PS—I have yet to see, in these public comments, on...PS—I have yet to see, in these public comments, one word from Kurin of regret about the harassment and assaults suffered by students at the hands of her ex-husband nor a word of apology to the survivors to whom she had a duty of care as director of the field schools. Still waiting for that, to do a bit of editorializing.Michael Balterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311614050647338141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423725371920868922.post-85849944641998886462020-07-22T14:46:26.027-04:002020-07-22T14:46:26.027-04:00Re the "American spies" -- Kurin has no ...Re the "American spies" -- Kurin has no idea of the nationality of the sources I referred to, and she should not make any assumptions about that.<br /><br />I was trying to refrain, but I also need to weigh in on her highly stylized depiction of Gomez and his family. The Gomez family is a major presence in Andahuaylas. Enmanuel's father is a former mayor of the city, and Enmanuel himself is a city official (division of tourism, culture, education, etc.)<br /><br />Let's get the focus back on the fact that Gomez, whom Kurin is still defending, sexually harassed and assaulted a number of students who came to work at Kurin's field school, as late as 2018, as described above.Michael Balterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311614050647338141noreply@blogger.com