ABSTRACT
Returning to New York in 1989 was difficult for us. Our twenty-six months of research on the plateau had given rise to many close friendships, and although we knew we would be back the following summer, we realized that the intensity created by our long association was bound to diminish as we took up our off-plateau lives once again. Also, the GFA conflict had not yet been resolved, and new projects, such as a proposed autoroute that was to cross the plateau, were causing dissension. We would inevitably miss some of the new developments as they unfolded, though we made a point of returning for one week in the spring of 1990 to attend the climactic annual shareholders’ meeting of the GFAs.
