Cultural Immersion Program

Afro-Latin and Dominican Culture Total Immersion Program

Objectives:

To show how evolving academic perception of Afro-Latin Culture changes the political intellectual approach to race, class, identity, nationalism, popular movements, economical development and religion.

Summer 2009
(Santo Domingo)

Day  1  :  -- Home Institution to Santo Domingo; welcoming reception

Day 2 -- Orientation; Local Visits to Colmados

Day 3 -- Field Study Boca Chica

Day 3 -- Shameless buying, selling and bartering Dominican style -- Field Study of Mercado Modelo, China Town, el Conde;

Day 4 – Dominican History and Culture; Lecture Tour

Day 5 -- Selling and Consuming America's 'Good Life' -- Dominican approaches to Pizza Hut, McD, BK, KFC, et al

Day 6 –U.S. perspectives: Centro Franklin; field study of national museums; visit class at PUCMM Recinto

Day 7 -- Travel to/from Santiago; tour of agencies; site visit to Centro Leon; tour of PUCMM

Day 8  -- Agency visits

Day 9  -- Field study of malls, superstores; site visits to cultural locations and museums of other nation-states

Day 10-- Beyond subsistence and sufficiency: field study Juan Dolio, Bayahibe (or elsewhere)

Day 11 -- Lecture/tour of Media Stations in Santo Domingo;

Day 12 -- Tours and agency site visits

Day 13 -- Team Presentations

Day 14 -- Depart Santo Domingo -- return to Home Institution

 

 

Six Week proposal:

Cultural Immersion Program
Afro-Latin and Dominican Culture Total Immersion Program
Objectives:
To show how evolving academic perception of Afro-Latin Culture changes the political intellectual approach to race, class, identity, nationalism, popular movements, economical development and religion.
How it will be accomplished:
By traveling throughout the Dominican Republic, visiting cultural, historical and natural sites, students will obtain a comprehensive vision of the cultural and social context of Afro/Latin America today.

• Read about it
• See it
• Ask questions about it
• Talk About it
• Learn and have fun!