Action Research in the Andes: Internship Opportunity/Field Training
June 11th – 28th 2017

The Center for Social Well Being celebrates 16 years offering our interdisciplinary qualitative field methods training program, as well as Spanish and Quechua language classes, in the Peruvian Andes. The combined undergraduate and graduate level seminar is held 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 field investigation that emphasizes Participatory Action Research methodology and Andean Ethnography centered on themes of SocioEnvironmental Sustainability and integrated Well Being – public, environmental, maternal, family and community, in addition to civic and policy issues of Health, Education, Social Justice, Agrobiodiversity, Climate Change, Community Organization and related topics. Students have the opportunity to actively engage in ongoing projects in local agricultural communities to develop effective social interaction field abilities and required language skills to carry out their own research and for placement with appropriate community programs, if desired. Also included are excursions to museums, archaeological sites, glacial lakes and hotsprings; optional recreational activities include hiking, mountain biking, rafting, kayaking, rock climbing and trekking. The training program tuition is $3800 US dollars which includes all in-country travel, food and accommodations at the rural center, and course materials.
The program is under the direction of Field Coordinator, Flor de María Barreto Tosi, Ecologist, as well as Applied Medical Anthropologist, Patricia J. Hammer, Ph.D. and Isabella Li Chan, MPH, Doctoral Candidate in Global Health, University of South Florida.
Dr. Hammer was recognized at the Society for Applied Anthropology 2016 conference in Vancouver, as recipient of the Pelto International Award; Her recent publication addresses her work in Applied Social Science and Policy: http://www.thehuaraztelegraph.com/2015/09/from-theory-to-sustainable-alternatives-at-la-casa-de-pocha-in-carhuaz/www.thehuaraztelegraph.com/2015/09/from-theory-to-sustainable-alternatives-at-la-casa-de-pocha-in-carhuaz/
Program dates:
June Solstice Seminar: Sunday June 11th – Wednesday June 28th

For an application: phammer@wayna.rcp.net.pe OR socialwellbeing@gmail.com
Application Deadline: Friday May 12th 2017
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