Field School in Caribbean Anthropology

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Field School inCaribbean Anthropology

• A 3-Credit Intersession Course (January 3-12,
  2005)
• The School for Field Studies,
• South Caicos, T.C.I.

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Course Themes

• Culture history of the Caribbean.
• Sustainable development fisheries.
• Sustainable development tourism.
• Peripheral countries in the world system
  (globalization, transnationalism, cultural
  resistance).

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Student Field Projects

• Building a community directory (mapping,
  inventories, photographing).
• Life-history interviews.
• Interviews with local conch fishers.
• Perceived impacts of tourism.
• Collecting folktales.
• And so on

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Where Is South Caicos?
S.F.S.
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Arriving in South Caicos
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Village of Cockburn Harbour
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Street Scenes in Town
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Salinas (Salt-making Areas)
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Govt. Building Anglican Church
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Abandoned House Tavern
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The S.F.S. Site
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S.F.S. from Land and Sea
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Patio Area Saltwater Pool
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Ocean Views Near S.F.S.
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S.F.S. Classroom
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Computer Lab Dining Hall
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Student Wing Staff Wing
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Student Wing
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Student Rooms
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Students at Mangrove Island
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The Professors(John Gatewood Cate Cameron)
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Approximate Costs

• Roundtrip airfare ABE to Providenciales ca.
  600
• Rountrip airfare Provo to South Caicos ca.
  125
• SFS room board 405 (45/night)

• Cedar Crest tuition 969 (323/credit)
• Plus, miscellaneous program expenses
• TOTAL 2,300