Walking the Walk in Collaborative Fieldwork: Responses to Menzies, Butler, and Their Students

Terms like partnership and collaboration have become ubiquitous in academic circles these days. While many individuals and institutions talk the talk, it is much harder to find examples of walking the walk. and their students have presented an impressive set of papers documenting their experiences doing service learning projects in a First Nations community in British Columbia. Like Menzies and Butler, I too have involved my students in a series of community collaborative projects in the very different setting of Indianapolis. Menzies and Butler's introductory remarks, along with the reflections of their students, provoked my students and me to think about how their ruminations jibe with our own experiences. As faculty members leading a field school, Menzies and Butler make some key points that are too often overlooked in planning and executing