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Schedule of Activities
Specific activities can change for each year. Note however that the dates and times of arrival do not change. Students must take these times of arrival and departure into consideration when planning their trips and flights. On the OSEA travel information pages you can find out about travel times and bus schedules to/from Piste to airports in order to make appropriate travel plans.
| Arrival Day |
Arrival by 12pm on-site at OSEA
Orientation Meeting and Lunch |
Students start homestay |
| Week 1 |
Seminars
Ethnographic Methods, Anthropology Seminar |
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| Week 2 |
Seminars
Ethnographic Methods and Anthropology Seminar |
Chichen Itza Field Trip |
| Week 3 |
Seminars -- 3 sessions only
Ethnographic Methods and Anthropology Seminar |
Students Initiate Independent Fieldwork -- 70% time committment |
| Week 4 |
Seminars -- 2 sessions only
Ethnographic Methods and Anthropology of Heritage |
90% Time to Indepedent Fieldwork
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| Week 5 |
Ethnography Workshops
To discuss student fieldwork process |
UIMQRoo Field Trip |
| Week 6 |
Ethnography Workshops & Research Conference
(formal presentation of student projects to date; development of analytical-interpretative frame) |
Ethnography Research |
| Week 7 |
Ethnography Workshop &
Writing Up Student Ethnography, including lab work to prepare research portfolio & write-up ethnography |
Ethnography Reesarch
Writing Up Research Project |
Day of Departure
Final Program
Day
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Final Group Meeting and De-Briefing
Departures FROM Pisté AFTER 11am
[Calculate 3hrs minimum to get to Cancun Airport by Taxi or
2hrs to get to Merida Airport by Taxi] |
Completion of Student Portfolios and Submission of Final Projects |
NOTE: Specific locations and dates for Program Field Excursions are open to on-site modification during the Field School.
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