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Please post or forward to interested students who want a real immersion experience in Latin America and want to do their own project work. Deadline fast approaching, start your application now. Don¹t miss it. > 23rd NCSU Ethnographic Field School, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala > Summer, May 20 - July 11, 2016 (7.5 weeks) > > Learn how to design, conduct, investigate and write up your own independent > project while living in a small Maya community of Guatemala! > > > Throughout the program, you will learn about the Maya while developing skills > in project design and fieldwork as you carry out your own research project. > Whether you are an undergraduate, a graduate student, just finished college, > learning how to collect data, talk to people and complete projects is > beneficial not only for those in anthropology, but also for those in many > other majors, including sociology, international studies, public health, > history, education, textiles, natural resource management, business and > management, sociolinguistics, political science, psychology, design and civil > engineering. Open to any majors especially students interested in topics such > as health, development, environment, lake ecology, globalization, social > justice, tourism, conservation, Fair Trade, textile design, entrepreneurship, > language, poverty, international studies, economics and foreign languages. > The internationally known NCSU Guatemala EFS is unique in that it offers > students an opportunity to see what research is really like, to do your own > project, to manage your own time and work according to the needs of your topic > and also to challenge yourself by living in a Maya community with a local > family. (All of them have been working with us for years and they know what we > expect and enjoy having students in their homes.) In most cases students live > in a small community by themselves, although other students are in nearby > communities. We keep the seminars to a minimum so students can have enough > time to work on their projects; we want students to learn by doing, with > intensive and in-depth hands-on learning. Our 23 years of experience, > confirmed by the testimonials of previous participants, has shown us that the > learning-by-immersion process really works to develop successful researchers > and program designers. Of course, the setting, around Lake Atitlán, is > incomparable, never a dull moment, and the Maya people are gracious and > welcoming. > Not sure how your interests may fit into the topics listed? Contact the > program Directors, Dr. Tim Wallace ([log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ) and Ms. Adriana Szabo ([log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ), to discuss potential opportunities for your areas > of interest. Each student may choose any topic for his or her independent > research project. Service learning opportunities are also possible. This > program is open to students from any course of study and university. The $3650 > fee includes all expenses (except airfare- about $550), including room and > board, health insurance, in-country travel and tuition for 6 credit hours. > Apply through the NCSU Study Abroad Office > <http://packabroad.ncsu.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ > ID=1146> . Visit Dr. Wallace¹s Guatemala Program website > <http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/wallace/> for more information and photos from > previous years. The final deadline for receipt of applications is February 15, > 2016, but decisions are made on a rolling acceptance basis. > > > > Tim Wallace > Anthropology Program Director > Department of Sociology & Anthropology > 10 Current Drive, CB 8107 > North Carolina State University > Raleigh, NC 27695-8107 > [log in to unmask] > 919-515-9025 > http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/wallace ******************************************************** This is the official mailing list of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) Commission on the Anthropology of Tourism. More info is available at http://www.iuaes.org/comm/tourism.html To join this list or to look at the archived messages visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=tourismanthropology To send a message to the list, send mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe: please log on to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ and go to the 'Subscriber's corner' page.