[Anthsoc] Fwd: FW: Reminder: Earn Credits in a Castle

Mon Feb 3 09:30:37 EST 2014

Good morning Anth Majors!

Please see below for information on field schools at Herstmonceux Castle in
Sussex, England (Queen's University accredited); Paleoindian Hell Gap site
in eastern Wyoming; Isla Mujeres, Mexico.

Kind regards,

Stacy

-----Original Message-----
From: Marjorie Hopkins [mailto:mhopkins at uoguelph.ca]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 7:28 AM
Subject: Reminder: Earn Credits in a Castle

Good Morning

On behalf of Dr. Steven Bednarski, I would like to remind any interested
students or faculty about the information session led by Lynn Sadlowski, a
representative from the Bader International Study Centre. She will be
coming to UWaterloo to promote a great opportunity for undergraduate
students to get accredited courses from Queen's University, while studying
at Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex, England.

The school offers a variety of courses, including a hands-on archaeology
field school. The school has also recently provided a supportive atmosphere
for graduate work, as an integral part of an international research
collaboration centred on the castle.

* The talk will take place tomorrow in Saint Jerome's University 3016.*

Please forward this to any students and colleagues who may be interested.

Hope to see you all there!

Sincerely,

Marjorie Hopkins
Research Assistant

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Good Morning,

Attached is an announcement for the Anthropology Department's at the
University of Wyoming, Advanced Archaeological Field Studies course for the
summer of 2014. The course will take place at the Paleoindian Hell Gap site
in eastern Wyoming from July 2 to August 10. Please see the attached
announcement and visit the web site for more information
(*http://www.uwyo.edu/anthropology/fieldschool/advancedfieldschool2013.html
<http://www.uwyo.edu/anthropology/fieldschool/advancedfieldschool2013.html>).
*Please share with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and
advisor's.

Marcel Kornfeld and Mary Lou Larson, Instructors

Department of Anthropology

Department 3431

1000 E. University Avenue

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: 307-766-5136

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Greetings,

My name is Todd Pierce and I am the Director at the Isla Mujeres
Ethnographic Field School (on the small Caribbean island, Isla Mujeres,
Mexico).

You can learn about our program on our site www.AnthroFieldSchool.com and
on our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Islamujeresethnographicfieldschool

We hope you can pass the information about our Field School on to your
students who may be interested.

We are currently accepting enrollment to our summer 2014 Field School
sessions.

We are offering two 6 week Advanced Methods sessions and two 3 week
Practicum Sessions for students to choose from. The Practicum sessions also
offer a medical anthropology focus for those students interested (one focus
will be on teen pregnancy and HIV prevention, the other will be on health,
nutrition and diabetes). Our 6 week advanved methods students are also
encouraged to participate in these two medical anthropology practicums.

Ethnographic Field School is a great resource for any student of
Anthropology, from beginner students to those more advanced in their
studies. Many disciplines study issues of Culture and the Environment,
political economy, or other cultural studies programs, like Latin American
studies, not just Anthropologists -- and anthropology is not the only
discipline that utilizes Ethnographic Field Research techniques.

Much of the Field School description below pertains to the 6 week long
Advanced Methods session, though some aspects of this carry over to the 3
week long Practicum sessions as well.

We encourage Undergraduate and Graduate students from the fields of
Anthropology, Sociology, Environmental Sciences, Marine Biology, Forestry,
fine art, music (we actually highlight local island artists on our facebook
page) and other fields who are interested in learning Ethnographic Field
Research Methods and techniques to attend the Isla Mujeres Ethnographic
Field School.

For example, a student might major in Marine Biology and is interested in
the preservation of Whale Sharks. To fully understand this issue the would
need to know not only a bit about their life cycle, migration patterns and
environments, but also the political economy of the context in which they
are endangered. Understanding the tourism that surrounds them, the guides
and fisherman who launch site-seeing and swimming tours for tourists to be
close to them and other issues like the political context of such tourism
and official government efforts to protect (or not) the Whale Sharks, is
vital to seeing the whole picture. Gaining this larger perspective that
also focuses on the daily cultural issues surrounding this animal is what
our Field School can offer.

Students will receive a minimum of 40 hours of classroom ethnographic
methods instruction (as well as the theories and ethics related to
ethnographic field research) and conduct a minimum of 80 hours of directed
independent research.

Each student will receive a minimum of 9 hours of intense Spanish Language
training, accompanied by over 40 hours of conversational practice.

Students will also receive about 15 hours of Scuba Dive instruction, with
an additional 10 hours of practical experience.

The location, the Mexican Caribbean island of Isla Mujeres, is an ideal
location for putting the learned methods into practice through a focus on
culture and environment.

Each week students will experience Field Work with their Local Expert
Mentors, along with Excursions, such as taking a Lanchero (small fishing
boat) to the Contoy Island Nature Preserve, swimming in the open Caribbean
Sea with Whale Sharks, touring the Isla Mujeres Tortugranja Turtle
Preserve, diving or snorkeling at the Cancun Subaquatic Museum, and
visiting the Mayan ruins on the island and at Chichén Itzá.

The Isla Mujeres Ethnographic Field School provides:

* Practical experience in Ethnographic Methods, Research Design, analysis
and ethics through formal training and field research

* Engagement in Cross Cultural Processes to gain an on-the-ground
perspective of everyday life through internships with local native mentors,
families and cultural activities

* Study in the complex social and political contexts of the relationship
between Culture and Environment in an amazing location that thrives on
eco-tourism and environmental protection

* PADI Open Water Dive Certification and Spanish Language Boot Camp

* Informed Career Counseling and Direction by experts to further your
career in the competitive professional and academic field of Anthropology

Isla Mujeres is a very small island in the Caribbean, located about 8 miles
off of the coast of Cancun. Spanning about 5 miles long and a half mile
wide at the widest point, Isla Mujeres is a Mexican Caribbean treasure.
Here you will find the remains of an ancient Mayan temple to the Goddess
Ixchel, and although Spanish is the official language, many of the locals
still speak Mayan fluently. The economy of the Isla Mujeres (simply
referred to as 'Isla'" by those who live there) is driven by tourism,
followed by fishing and the Mexican Naval Base on the island. Located 1.5
hours from the Coba Ruins, 2 hours from the Tulum Ruins, and 2.5 hours from
Chichén Itzá, Isla has a rich Mayan tradition spanning several thousand
years, intersecting interestingly with a history of Pirates as well.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could pass the information about the
field school onto your students and others who may be interested in
attending the field school. Our website, www.AnthroFieldSchool.com,
illustrates what the field school is all about and also has an
informational flyer that can be printed to pass out to students or posted
to your department's bulletin board. Please also see our FaceBook page for
updates and posts of interest:
https://www.facebook.com/Islamujeresethnographicfieldschool

The Field School is also a structural base for the inclusion of other types
of ethnographic training. For example, if a professor wanted to design a
field school for her students that focused on community health, this can be
arranged with all of the logistical necessities taken care of for that
special segment of the Field School. Some of the interests we have already
had inquiries about are Latin American Studies, Nursing and Medical
Anthropology.

I am available to discuss the course work, research and overall program
directly with the student's academic advisers to answer any questions they
might have, as well as submit any IRB paperwork needed.

Sincerely,

Todd G. Pierce, Ph.D.

Director

Isla Mujeres Ethnographic Field School

Pierce at AnthroFieldSchool.com

202-241-5325 (USA)

998-139-7122 (MX)

www.AnthroFieldSchool.com

https://www.facebook.com/Islamujeresethnographicfieldschool
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