*Climate change internship/field training opportunity*
Dear Mountain Partnership members and friends,
On behalf of Mountain Partnership member the Mountain Sentinels
Collaborative Network
<http://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/members/members-detail/en/c/153502/>,
we take this opportunity to share with you an internship/field training
opportunity:
*_Climate Change in the Andes Action Research: internship/field training
opportunity_*
*8–25 July 2018*
The Center for Social Well Being (www.socialwellbeing.org/swb/
<http://www.socialwellbeing.org/swb/>) celebrates 17 consecutive years
providing intensive field training courses on interdisciplinary
qualitative field methods and Spanish and Quechua language learning**in
the Peruvian Andes. This combined undergraduate- and graduate-level
seminar is held at the centre’s rural base, an adobe lodge on an
ecological ranch in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range of the
/Callejón de Huaylas,/ seven hours northeast of Lima. Coursework
provides in-depth orientation to theory and practice in field
investigation that emphasizes a participatory action research
methodology and Andean ethnography centered on themes of medical
anthropology, socio-environmental sustainability, and integrated
well-being in environmental, family and community spheres, that address
civic and policy issues of health, education, social justice,
agrobiodiversity, climate change and community organization.
Students actively take part in ongoing endeavors in local agricultural
communities to develop effective social interaction and in-field
engagement abilities and the required language skills to carry out their
own research, as well as for placement with appropriate community
programmes, if desired. Also included are excursions to museums,
archaeological sites, glacial lakes and hot springs; optional
recreational activities include hiking, mountain biking, rafting,
kayaking, rock climbing and trekking. The training programme tuition
includes all in-country travel, food and accommodations at the rural
centre, as well as course materials.
The programme is under the direction of Applied Medical
Anthropologist, Patricia J Hammer, PhD, and Field Coordinator, Flor de
María Barreto Tosi, Ecologist. This year’s field assistant is
alumnus Samuel K. Hulsey, Environmental Scientist, Middle Tennessee
State University.**
*Programme dates:*
*_July field Seminar_*: Sunday, 8 July – Wednesday, 25 July
*_Application Deadline_*: 30 May 2018
*To request an application, contact pham...@wayna.rcp.net.pe
<mailto:pham...@wayna.rcp.net.pe>*OR *socialwellbe...@gmail.com
<mailto:socialwellbe...@gmail.com>*
Kind regards,
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat
*/The Mountain Partnership is a voluntary alliance of partners dedicated
to improving the lives of mountain people and protecting mountain
environments around the world./*
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