[Anthsoc] Action Research in the Andes 2007

[Colin Wallace]

The Center for Social Well Being is now in its
6th year offering our 3 week training program
with courses in ethnographic field methods and
languages (Spanish and Quechua) in the Peruvian
Andes. Students will be housed 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 anthropological
investigation that emphasizes methods in
Participatory Action Research, Andean
Ethnography and Ecology. Students will have the
opportunity to actively engage in ongoing
investigations in local agricultural communities
to develop effective field research techniques,
and to acquire language skills. In addition, the
program provides excursions to museums,
archaeological sites, glacial lakes and
hotsprings; optional recreational activities
include hiking, mountain biking, rafting,
kayaking, rock climbing, trekking, etc.

Total cost is $2,100 US dollars. This includes
all in-country travel, food and accommodations
at the rural center, and course materials. The
program is under the direction of Applied
Medical Anthropologist, Patricia J. Hammer,
Ph.D., and Ecologist, Flor de María Barreto Tosi.

Program dates: Session I June 6th through June 26th

Session II August 1st through August 21st



For an application contact:
<mailto:phammer at wayna.rcp.net.pephammer@wayna.rcp.net.pe

Or click on:
<http://www.socialwellbeing.org/FieldSchool2003-3.htmhttp://www.socialwellbeing.org/FieldSchool2003-3.htm

Further information available at
<http://www.socialwellbeing.orgwww.socialwellbeing.org



Deadline for applications extended to April 30th, 2007.

Allyson Rowat
Department Secretary (Undergraduate & Graduate)
Department of Anthropology (PAS 2012)
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1
(519) 888-4567, ex. 32520