INTS 390: APPLES Global Course Guanajuato
3 credit course taught in the Spring semester
To apply to the course please visit APPLES website.
Class of Spring 2008
This interdisciplinary class combines anthropological fieldwork, migration theory, and service-learning in a course that examines Latin American immigrant perspectives. Students will research and work with immigrants in receiving communities in North Carolina and spend spring break in immigrants’ home communities in Guanajuato, Mexico.
The course will address ethical and practical aspects of the ethnographic method including the preparation, transaction and transcription of interviews. Using these skills outside the classroom, students will choose an issue related to immigration and conduct in-depth interviews with community members that include immigrants, policy-makers, healthcare professionals, religious leaders, educators, and local business owners in North Carolina. From these interviews students will gain an understanding of the impact of migration on the community and how newcomers adapt to a new place. In Mexico, students will be required to keep a daily journal and encouraged to enhance their interviews with documentary tools such as audio recording equipment and cameras. At the end of the class, students will give public presentations of their research.
This course is designed for upper level students (Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors)and is also open to graduate students. Knowledge of Spanish through level II or another foreign language is highly recommended. Students must be prepared to volunteer at a campus or community organization that works with immigrant issues. Digital audio recorders are required. Above all, students must be motivated by a strong desire to better understand issues facing the immigrant communities at home and abroad.
Students' Experiences
Instructor:
Dr. Hannah Gill
hgill@email.unc.edu
Trip Coordinator/T.A.:
Sara Wilkins
sara0455@gmail.com
