[URBANTH-L]ANN: Summer Field School in Ethnography 2006

[Angela Jancius]

From: Quetzil Castaneda <quetzil at osea-cite.org>

Summer Field School in Ethnography 2006
MIRA: Multimedia Interdisciplinary Research in Anthropology
A collaborative and comparative study of tourism destinations and cultures

2006 Program Includes a Special Workshop on Mexican Politics
http://www.osea-cite.org/program/elections2006.php

OSEA Summer Field School in Ethnography
MIRA Project: Multimedia Interdisciplinary Research in Anthropology

MIRA Project is a collaborative and comparative study of tourism
destinations and cultures in Yucatan, Mexico.  Program research locations
are the colonial city of Merida, the hub of the Maya Riviera in Playa del
Carmen, and the Indigenous community of Piste 3km from Chichen Itza, the
heart of the Maya archaeological civilization. OSEA Field School
participants gain intensive, on-site fieldwork training in ethnography and
cultural anthropology and develop new skills in interdisciplinary research
methodologies. Participants develop their own individual research project on
issues such as tourism development, governance, democracy, human rights,
indigenous identity, tourism cultures, cultural hegemony, urban development,
migration, performance cultures, tourism representation, exhibition and
staging, and multimedia ethnographic documentation.  Program seminars,
fieldwork workshops, and experiential learning provides students the
training to design, conduct and complete interdisciplinary ethnographic
research in cultural anthropology. Open to undergraduates and graduate
students in anthropology, social science, and related humanities and art
fields.  9 credits in Anthropology: Courses in Visual Anthropology,
Ethnographic Methods, Anthropology of Tourism/Tourism Studies.
Conversational Spanish Required. Cost is $3,575.  DATES are June 27 through
August 12, 2006.  Application deadline is April 10, 2006. www.osea-cite.org


contact at osea-cite.org


WHEN   Summer 2006: June 27 - August 12
Arrival on Tuesday June 27. Departures on Saturday, August 12

WHERE  Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico
Program includes:
- 7 nights in Playa del Carmen, Jewel of the Maya Riviera
- 26 nights in Merida, the Colonial capital city of Yucatan
- ­10 days in Piste & Chichen Itza, the heart of Maya Civilization

FORMAT Field School Training Program in Interdisciplinary Research

WHAT     Students receive training in interdisciplinary ethnography and
research methodologies based in intensive fieldwork participant observation

Students design, conduct and complete independent research projects
Areas of Investigation include Tourism, Urbanism, Migration, Development,
Cultural Ecology, Globalization, Performance Art, Exhibition, Political
Economy, Politics and Democracy, Election Process and Governance, Visual
Anthropology, Media Studies and Design

HOUSING  Posadas, hostels, and family run hotels

CREDITS  9 credits in Anthropology
Courses in Visual Anthropology, Ethnographic Methods, Anthropology of
Tourism/Tourism Studies

LANGUAGE    Conversational Spanish Required. Speaking knowledge of German,
Italian, French, and Japanes is an asset to be used in individual research
design

COST   $3,575 for MIRA 2006

Program Fee covers tuition, lodging, most meals (except for dinners and
during break) for 7 days & nights in Playa del Carmen, 26 in Merida & 10 in
Piste; project related transportation between these sites; planned program
excursions; and group entrance fees to archaeological sites (program trips
include Chichen Itza and Tulum; final scheduling may also include Coba, Ek
Balam, Uxmal, and other other Puuc Sites)

Additional costs include all personal items, consumption, and activities;
most dinners during program; lodging and food during breaks; purchase of
course materials both prior to departure and on-site; for details

Visit MIRA at OSEA for Program Details

Quetzil E. Castaneda, Ph.D.
Founding Director, OSEA
quetzil at osea-cite.org
812.336.2050

Bloomington, Indiana and Merida, Yucatan
www.osea-cite.org