Courses

Climate and Culture Change in the Andes 2018. Andean Action Research: Internship Opportunity/Field Training

Center For Social Well Being
CountryPeru
Type of courseCertificate course
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
Starting Date08.07.2018
DurationSunday July 8th – Wednesday July 25th
Focal PointFlor de María Barreto Tosi and Patricia J. Hammer

the Center for Social Well Being offers a final and closing seminar on interdisciplinary qualitative field methods that include Spanish and Quechua language learning in the Peruvian Andes. The combined undergraduate and graduate level seminar is held at the center's rural base, an adobe lodge on an ecological ranch in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range of the Callejón de Huaylas, 7 hours northeast of Lima.

Coursework provides in-depth orientation to theory and practice in field investigation that emphasizes Participatory Action Research methodology and Andean Ethnography centered on themes of SocioEnvironmental Sustainability and integrated Well Being in environmental, family and community spheres, that address civic and policy issues of Health, Education, Social Justice, Agrobiodiversity, Climate Change and Community Organization.

Students actively engage in ongoing endeavors in local agricultural communities to develop effective social interaction field abilities and required language skills to carry out their own research and for placement with appropriate community programs, if desired. Also included are excursions to museums, archaeological sites, glacial lakes and hotsprings; optional recreational activities include hiking, mountain biking, rafting, kayaking, rock climbing and trekking.

The training program tuition includes all in-country travel, food and accommodations at the rural center, as well as course materials.

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