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****************************************************** * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * ****************************************************** *Call** for Students: NAPA-OT Field School in Antigua, Guatemala* The NAPA-OT Field School in Antigua, Guatemala is now recruiting anthropology, occupational therapy public health, and other social science students for its four-week summer session: July 15 - August 9, 2013. The field school offers transdisciplinary learning to promote leadership in social justice through collaboration with Guatemala-based NGO and other community partners. *Graduate students and upper division undergraduate majors in applied or medical anthropology or related social sciences are encouraged to apply via our website www.napaotguatemala.org by December 31, 2012. * The field school is a project of the NAPA-OT SIG (Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group) of the American Anthropological Association. Faculty include anthropologists and occupational therapists with credentials and interests in health care access and human rights, child development, and public health. The objectives of the program are: · To explore efforts to achieve social justice in Guatemala, a country with a history of ethnic and class violence · To examine health disparities in Guatemala through applied medical anthropology theory and human rights discourse · To understand the determinants of health and basic epidemiology in developing nations · To provide a transdisciplinary fieldwork opportunity to students of occupational therapy, anthropology, and related subjects · To promote social justice through partnerships in and around Antigua, Guatemala with NGOs, community groups, health care workers, and other social change agents · To explore the concept of “occupational justice” as an emerging practice area in occupational therapy and applied anthropology *Applicants students will have the opportunity to work in one of three project groups: **· NGOs and the Educational Transition** **· NGO Networks** and Surgical Referrals **· Pediatric nutrition* Students also will study Spanish a minimum of 9 hours per week, working one-on-one with certified language instructors at their own level and pace. Visit our website for more information or email us at [log in to unmask] ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * * To unsubscribe: please log on to jiscmail.ac.uk, and * * go to the 'Subscriber's corner' page. * * ***************************************************************