USC Wonderland Award

Bianca Hernandez

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?
Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?
Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?
Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?
Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?
Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.

Bianca Hernandez
Field Notes

2013
Major: Visual Anthropology
Masters Student

It has been almost 150 years since his death and yet his work continues to enchant writers, artists, children and adults. The G. Edward Cassady collection of Lewis Carroll ephemera is a testament to this cultural obsession. Shelves lined with multitudes of interpretations of the same book, shelves you could get lost in if given the chance, only create a base for further travels down the rabbit hole. It is this idea of travel that led me to fantasize over the setting itself and what wonders Carroll may not have included in his books.

Wonderland is the ultimate escape. The fantasy world is a hodgepodge of illogical nonsense, something very different from the academic journals and scientific studies I read as a graduate student (or is it?).
In honor of this whimsical world I have combined my love of Anthropology with my love of Carroll's creation. I imagined the world of academia sending off young explorers into the a new world in order to further the reaches of the Empire. What if Alice had been sent on just such an Anthropological exploration of Wonderland? What specimens would she send back? What would her observations be?

Through random bits and bobs I found laying around I have created a collection from the "field" that would most likely end up in a Victorian curio cabinet, to be pondered by Dodgson and his peers after a good dinner. I will never get to hear his interpretation of the "artifacts" I have created, but I hope that others will sit and ponder them when they are part of the collection.