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OSEA-CITE: Ethnography Field School, ethnography of archaeology, Quetzil Castaneda, Chichen Itza, Ethnography of the Future/Interdisciplinary Cultural Anthropology/Study Abroad

OSEA Heritage Ethnography Field School para Latinoamericanos
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OSEA — La Escuela Abierta de Etnografía y Antropología para Latinoamericanos
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Verano:        7 semanas See OSEA calendar of activities

Fechas:            2012 June 10 through July 28
                      2011 May 22 to July 9
                      2010 May 23 to July 10
                      2009 May 17 to July 4

Hora de Inicio:             Inicio a la 1pm (13 horas) con Junta de Orientación el dia de la apertura

Hora de Clausura:        Las 12pm el dia de la cessacion del curso (ultimo dia del programa)

Ubicación:       Pisté and Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, México, and surrounding Maya Indian communities
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Creditos:         8 credit hours, at undergraduate or graduate level.
                         3 credits “Seminar in Heritage Ethnography”
                         5 credits “Ethnographic Methods and Field Research Practicum”
                      See course descriptions here

Costo:           Tarifa Especial para Latinoamericanos: US $2200
                     (Lo cual representa un discuento de $1500 de la tarifa normal)

                     Costo de instrucción "Tuition" de US$1300
                     Costo de Vivir-con Familia tipo "Homestay" y Pago de Activitidades del Programa $900

                     No incluido: costo de vuelo internacional, transporte entre aeropuerto y OSEA en Pisté,
                     gastos afuera de Pisté, personales, y durante periodos de descanso



Inscripciones:
El proceso de inscripcion es igual para latinoamericano y para estudiante normativo. Participante tiene que re-llenar los formatos en linea que se encuentra en la pagina de Apply / Inscribe. Los formatos estan en Ingles.

Eligibility:
La tarifa especial para latinoamericanos requiere evidencia de pasaporte de nationalidad de un pais de America Latina. Las primeras dos paginas de lo cual tiene que ser escañado y sumetido a traves de email como attachment dirigido a onlineapps@osea-cite.org

Pueden inscribir cualquier persona de America Latina que esta actualmente estudiando la licienciatura o que ya termino la carerra de licienciatura. Pueden estar estudiando o habido estudiado carerras en areas asi como ciencias sociales, antropologia, arte, cultura y comunicaciones, por ejemplo.

Requisitos:
Requiere una calificacion minimo de 7.5 global sistema Mexicana o calificacion de 2.5 min. de USA
Requiere esudiado Ingles un minimo de un año y tener la abilidad de conversar nivel intermedio,
y leer lecturas academicas a nivel intermedio alto o avanzado bajo

Hospedaje y Comidas:
Home-stays provide linguistic and cultural immersion; options for lodging and food in family-run posadas are available at an additional cost.  Families are carefully selected based on the Program Director’s 24 years of experience in the community of Pisté.  Participants are required to purchase a hammock for sleeping in homestays; a special hammock shopping trip to a nearby town is organized during the first days of the program.

Otros Detalles:
The program begins with intensive language training and a core seminar on heritage that provides participants the linguistic skills and conceptual tools to conduct fieldwork in Maya communities on heritage issues.  Heritage is conceived as an inclusive domain that includes social processes and problems involving archaeological heritage development, tourism, sustainability, community participation and control of development, state policy and strategies of tourism, intangible cultural heritage such as handicrafts production and art markets, Maya medicine and systems of health and healing, urbanism and environmental heritage. 

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* Direct OSEA Enrollment allows students from any university with any residence status or nationality to enroll directly with OSEA. Payment is made directly to OSEA as per guidelines described in the application process. Upon completion of the program the student receives an OSEA transcript and a transcript from its accredited partner the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán or UADY. In order to facilate the transfer of credits, students receive two copies of each transcript in a sealed envelope. This envelope is then hand-delivered by the student to the registrar of their university in order to comply with their rules for accepting transfer credits.