OSEA Field School, MIRA Project 2006
Multimedia Interdisciplinary Research in Anthropology
A collaborative and comparative study of tourism destinations and cultures

 

Sunday	Monday		Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
June 25	June 26		June 27 Travel Day – Arrival in Mérida	June 28 Mérida Orientation & Seminar Starts	June 29 Mérida Seminar & Reading	June 30 Mérida Election Workshop Seminar & Reading	July 1 Mérida Election Workshop Seminar & Reading
July 2  Mérida Election Workshop	July 3 Mérida “Weekend”		July 4 Mérida “Weekend” Dance Santiago Park 7pm	July 5 Mérida seminar 4 hrs reading 4 hrs	July 6 Mérida seminar 3 hrs, study 4 hrs Sta. Lucia Fldwrk, 7-10 pm	July 7 Mérida seminar 3 hrs, study 3 hrs	July 8 Mérida (Progresso Half Day) study 6 hrs, Dance Fieldwork
July 9 Mérida all day	July 10 Mérida “Weekend”		July 11 Mérida “Weekend”	July 12 Pisté	July 13 Pisté	July 14 Pisté	July 15 Pisté
July 16 Pisté	July 17 Pisté “Weekend”		July 18 Pisté “Weekend”	July 19 Pisté Fieldwork Workshop	July 20 Pisté	July 21 Pisté	July 22 Playa
July 23 Playa	July 24 Playa		July 25 Playa	26 Playa	July 27 Playa	July 28 Riviera    break/free	July 29  Riviera  break/free
July 30 Riviera  break/free	July 31 Riviera break/free		Aug 1 Mérida	Aug 2 Mérida	Aug 3 Mérida	Aug 4 Mérida	Aug 5 Mérida
Aug 6 Mérida “Weekend”	Aug 7 Mérida		Aug 8 Mérida finalize projects	Aug 9 Mérida finalize projects	Aug 10 Mérida finalize projects	Aug 11 Mérida finalize projects	12 OSEA Closes Student departures
Sunday	Monday		Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday

NOTES: Color-Codes. Orange/Tan indicates overnight in Mérida; Fuchsia Lite indicates overnight in Pisté; Light Blue indicates Playa del Carmen. "Weekends" are not often held on Sundays and Saturdays but are free and independent days; weekend breakfast and lunches are covered with group on site. Non-program (personal) transportation is paid for by participant. 26 nights in Mérida, 6 nights in Playa del Carmen, 10 nights in Pisté. Evening meals are covered out of pocket by the participant. Lodging on-site at research locations are provided during week and weekend, except during the four day program break.
Seminars = any formal seminar, class, or forum activity; study = any independent reading, writing, labwork, or data processing; fieldwork = any type of research activity, whether group or independent, whether focused on special/scheduled or researcher-initiated event.
Program travel includes: Mérida to Playa, Playa to Pisté, Pisté to Mérida, and Mérida to Pisté. Activities during days marked by "finalize projects" are on-site conducting lab work, data analysis, writing, and discussions with MIRA members.
Departure travel from Pisté to airport at the closing of MIRA is at student cost. Pickup at Mérida Airport is available with advance arrangement.