The Rutgers University International Service Learning Program in Cochabamba, Bolivia is back for a 5th year. Students will work directly with local communities to develop water and sanitation projects for their communities, while studying and practicing anthropological research methods in the home of the Water War - Cochabamba, Bolivia.
01:590:365, 01:590:366 Conducted in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, this pair of courses (each worth three credits in Latin American Studies or Anthropology) will focus on topics related to the practices and realities of the Bolivian justice system, from the perspectives of those who create, manage, and work in the system, and those who are affected by it. Through readings, lectures, discussions, informal meetings, and direct participation, students will have the opportunity to learn first-hand about the workings of the Bolivian legal system, the meanings of justice, and the practice of rights by poor, indigenous people living in a Bolivian city. Students will meet and study with justice professionals in Bolivia, to learn about how a foreign judicial system operates, and will meet with human rights advocates to develop a sense of how human rights promotion and defense works “on the ground” in Latin America.
International Service Learning Program on Community Health
Rutgers University is positioned at one end of a transnational migration corridor that extends from Oaxaca, a largely indigenous state in southern Mexico, to New Brunswick, NJ, a city populated in large number by Oaxacan migrants. The goal of this summer program is to introduce students from Rutgers and other universities to the community health issues in Oaxaca, Mexico. Students will work in healthcare settings in the beautiful city of Oaxaca, study medical Spanish, and be engaged with the diverse communities.
The program will consist of:
Seminar on health in Mexican communities
Course in medical Spanish
Community service projects in community health
Integrative seminar to link the community activities to course readings
Proposed Excursions to the archaeological site of Monte Alban, to the weaving community of Teotitlan del Valle, and the eco-tourist community of Cuajimoloyas
This course is led by
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, a medical anthropologist in the Department of Human Ecology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). Please feel free to contact
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for more information. For more information about Professor Guarnaccia's research in Mexico, please visit the Faculty International Research page on the SEBS website.
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Thanks to the School of Arts and Sciences and Executive Dean Greenberg, for a second year CLAS was able to secure funds to support research-related activities for CLAS faculty affiliates and graduate students. Award Recipients and description of projects funded for 2011-2012:
Mekela Audain, graduate student, History to conduct archival research in Mexico City
Jorge Bravo, Political Science, to conduct research on whether, and how, the political attitudes of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. are shaped by their past political experiences in Mexico.
Brian Cramer, graduate student, Political Science to conduct research on economic inequality in Latin America
Nydia Flores, GSE to assist with a service learning program in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tatiana Flores, Art History and LHCS to travel to Venezuela for research on her second book, on art under President Hugo Chavez
Daniel Goldstein, Anthropology for follow-up research on market vendors in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Rocío Magaña, Anthropology to defray costs of air travel to Michoacan, Mexico, to give a public lecture, attend a conference, and conduct research on the relationship between border-related deaths and the Day of the Dead celebration in Michoacan.
Kenneth Moss, graduate student, History for research on the art school Academia de San Carlos
Marcy Schwartz, Spanport for continued research on public reading programs in Latin America
Lance Thurner, graduate student, History to attend a conference and conduct dissertation research on Mexican popular culture
Juan Pablo Vera Lugo, graduate student, Anthropologyto conduct predissertation research on human rights violations in Colombia
Lauren Willis, graduate student, City and Regional Planning for research on informal urban development in Cali, Colombia
The Graduate School of Education (GSE) will again offer an International Service Learning project in Rosario, Argentina again this summer. Students will work in an elementary school which is located in a marginalized section of the city, and will visit rural and urban Rosario during the stay. Spanish intermediate proficiency will be required for this project.
Please contact
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, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, who will be heading up this unique 3-credit summer experience in Argentina. Registration can be done online under the Study Abroad Office, Click on Argentina.
To see highlights of last year's program please visit this webpage.
The Graduate School of Education (GSE) will again offer an International Service Learning project in Rosario, Argentina again this summer. Students will work in an elementary school which is located in a marginalized section of the city, and will visit rural and urban Rosario during the stay. Spanish intermediate proficiency will be required for this project.
