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Exploring the Influence of the African Diaspora in Spain: A Short-Term Program Design
Get PDFStudents of African descent are underrepresented in education abroad. Solutions must be found to ameliorate this problem, as it has become increasingly critical in our globalized world to gain intercultural sensitivity, linguistic skills, and knowledge, respect, and appreciation for other cultures. Students of African descent are missing out on the opportunity to develop these skills as a result of the barriers that often prevent them from engaging in this life-changing endeavor such as a lack of financial resources and little to no awareness that education abroad is available to them.
Short-term study abroad programs offer students of African descent who may be hesitant about leaving their country the chance to do so without the large financial investment of a semester or yearlong program. Many undergraduates are attracted to studying abroad in Europe, and Spain is one of the most popular destinations on the continent. Utilizing the short-term program model and Spain as a destination, Exploring the African Diaspora in Spainseeks to attract more students of African descent to study abroad by offering a January term, multi-country program through Barcelona Study Abroad Experience (SAE) that bridges this European country to Africa. It spans 19 days from January 7-26th, 2019 and includes a three-day excursion to Rabat, Morocco. The curriculum examines topics such as the influence of African art on the work of Picasso, the influence of the Moors in Spain, the experience of African immigrants in Spain, and the role that Spain played in the transatlantic slave trade. The total cost of the program is 1,943 per student for 16 participants
El empoderamiento de la mujer migrante: una historia de vida que ilustra este aprendizaje en la Asociación de Mujeres Unidas, Migrantes y Refugiadas en Argentina (AMUMRA) / The empowerment of migrant women: a life story that illustrates this learning in the Association of United Women, Migrants and Refugees in Argentina (AMUMRA)
Get PDFLa inmigración es un tema que se discute constantemente en todo el mundo, por ejemplo, sobre quién es considerado un ciudadano, si una persona puede ser ilegal, cómo reforzar las fronteras de una nación, etc. Argentina, como un país atractivo para muchos en Sudamérica no es ninguna excepción. Aunque tiene leyes migratorias que consideran que todas las personas tienen ciertos derechos, hoy en día está retrocediendo. En el mes de mayo, yo hice una pasantía en la Asociación de Mujeres Unidas, Migrantes y Refugiadas en Argentina (AMUMRA), en donde investigué las oportunidades y dificultades de ser migrante en la Argentina y los factores que influyen esa migración. Profundicé este proyecto con un enfoque en el empoderamiento de la mujer migrante a través de una historia de vida. Decidí enfatizar mi investigación en las mujeres migrantes porque, en las últimas décadas, ha habido un aumento en el número de mujeres que llegan a la Argentina de países limítrofes. Este fenómeno se ha conocido como la feminización de la migración.
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Immigration is a subject that is constantly being discussed around the world, for example, about who is considered a citizen, if a person can be illegal, how to reinforce the borders of a nation, etc. Argentina, as an attractive country for many in South America is no exception. Although it has immigration laws that consider that all people have certain rights, nowadays it is retreating. In the month of May, I did an internship at the Association of United Women, Migrants and Refugees in Argentina (AMUMRA), where I researched the opportunities and difficulties of being a migrant in Argentina and the factors that influence that migration. I deepened this project with a focus on the empowerment of migrant women through a life story. I decided to emphasize my research on migrant women because, in recent decades, there has been an increase in the number of women arriving in Argentina from neighboring countries. This phenomenon has been known as the feminization of migration
El caso de Relmu Ñamku como observatorio para valorar potencialidades, riesgos y desafíos de juicios por jurados interculturales / The Case of Relmu Ñamku as an observatory to assess the potentials, risks, and challenges of intercultural jury trials
No full textEl sistema de juicios por jurados interculturales en Argentina es el primero de su tipo. Por el momento, el caso de la activista Mapuche Relmu Ñamku es el único caso que ha cumplido con el criterio de un jurado intercultural. En esta investigación, por medio de entrevistas con abogados, antropólogas, y activistas, valoré las diferentes perspectivas sobre las potencialidades, riesgos, y desafíos del sistema, usando el caso de Relmu como un observatorio. El marco teórico del sistema legal adversarial y el de jurados representativos proporcionan un estándar para el supuesto propósito y los límites del sistema. Además, la teoría de traducción legal de Daniel Berkowitz proporciona un marco para resaltar la necesidad de enfocarse en la comunidad Mapuche, ya que son un pueblo nación receptora y por lo tanto, representaría la demanda para la ley de jurados interculturales. Mis resultados incluyen un consenso general en que el sistema de jurados interculturales es un cambio cultural más que un cambio sistémico, y debe ser tratado como tal. Además, existe una creencia generalizada que este sistema tiene gran potencialidad para el futuro de derechos indígenas, en la medida que sea cuidadoso con el proceso de elección del jurado, con la traducción al idioma indígena en el juicio, y respeto general por el derecho de los Mapuche a su autonomía como un nación adentro de un estado-nación. Esta investigación solo comienza a raspar la superficie del sistema de jurado intercultural de rápido crecimiento en Argentina y demuestra la necesidad de hacer mas investigación de campo, de los significados que diferentes comunidades indígenas tienen sobre este tema.
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Argentina’s intercultural jury system is the first of its kind. At this point, the case of Mapuche activist Relmu Ñamku is the only case that has met the criterion for an intercultural jury. In this investigation, through interviews with lawyers, anthropologists, and Mapuche activists, I assess different perspectives on the system’s potentials, risks, and challenges, using the case of Relmu as an example. The theoretical framework of the adversarial legal system and representative juries provides a standard to measure the system’s alleged purpose and boundaries. In addition, Daniel Berkowitz’s theory of legal translation presents a framework in order to highlight the necessity to focus on the Mapuche community, as they are the receiving nation and therefore represent the demand for the institution of an intercultural trial by jury system. My results include a general consensus that the intercultural jury system is a cultural shift more than a systemic shift, and should be treated as such. Within this sentiment lies a belief that the system has great potentials for the future of indigenous rights, so long as it is careful and purposeful with: the jury election process, trial translations, and the overall respect for the Mapuche’s right to autonomy as a nation within a nation state. This investigation only begins to scrape the surface of Argentina’s rapidly expanding intercultural jury system and presents the necessity for more field research on the reactions of the affected indigenous communities
Sitios de Memoria: una comparación analítica entre los espacios de memoria y Derechos Humanos en Buenos Aires y en Santiago / Sites of Memory: an analytical comparison between memory and human rights spaces in Buenos Aires and Santiago
No full textLos museos y monumentos conmemorativos son vehículos centrales a través de los cuales la sociedad puede conmemorar y compartir los hechos del pasado en la actualidad. Tienen la capacidad de contar la historia a través de objetos, medios, artefactos; objetos tangibles, no palabras solamente.
Ésta es una investigación comparativa en que parto observando los lugares de memoria en Santiago y Buenos Aires que rememoran a las víctimas de la dictadura en cada país. Me centraré en cómo funcionan los espacios de memoria para enseñar esta historia, la forma en lo que cada espacio conmemora a las víctimas y cómo estos monumentos y museos sirven como reparaciones al “terrorismo de Estado”.
Al completar entrevistas, visitas guiadas y observaciones de participantes en esos espacios de memoria, se analizó su propósito en la sociedad actual.
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Museums and memorials are central vehicles through which society can commemorate and share past events today. They have the ability to tell the story through objects, media, artifacts; tangible objects, not words only.
This is a comparative research in which I start by observing the places of memory in Santiago and Buenos Aires that recall the victims of the dictatorship in each country. I will focus on how memory spaces function to teach this story, the way each space commemorates the victims and how these monuments and museums serve as reparations to state terrorism.
By completing interviews, guided visits and observations of participants in these memory spaces, their purpose in today\u27s society was analyzed
An Exploratory Study on Mental Illness Perspectives in Hanoi
Get PDFAlmost 12 million people in Vietnam have been diagnosed with a mental illness; the prevalence of mental illness within the population means that understanding how people perceive it. Previous research has demonstrated the negative impacts that stigma and negative perceptions of mental illness have and how they can inhibit individuals from seeking treatment for a mental illness. The aim of this exploratory study was to answer the question: How do Vietnamese university students and mental health professionals living in Hanoi perceive mental illness? Fifteen university students and five mental health professionals were interviewed in a series of semi-structured interviews. A mixed-methods approach was used in the analysis of data, interviews were transcribed and the coded using content analysis, in addition to using a context-sensitive method of analyzing qualitative data from responses. The results of the study reveal trends of lingering stigmatization of mental illness among university students in Hanoi. The stigmatization is possibly related to the cultural context and values of Vietnamese society such as Traditional medicine, lack of awareness, and Confucian values. The results of the interviews with the mental health professionals coincide with the perspectives many of the students have. It is not that Vietnamese culture needs to undergo drastic changes to decrease stigmatization, but increased understanding will clarify how it currently matches existing cultural values
Poem as Space for Artistic Contestation: Finding Multiple Voices of Female Writers through Artistic Vocabularies
Get PDFThis project is a creative piece that consists of ten poems and a critical analysis of artistic vocabularies utilized by women writers: Aicha Bassry, Furugh Farrukhzad, and Fatima Mernissi. I argue that their speaking together, especially through multiple voices, is a political act that can be privileged above normative discussions of art currently. This comes from the common worlds they build in their poetic and scholarly work, which despite differences in voice and vocabulary, centralize women. I define artistic vocabulary in this project as the transformation that takes place when image is translated into word. I explore this idea of multiple voices through a series of erasure poems based on five from Aicha Bassry. I consider the artistic medium of the poem as a site of contestation of voice, authenticity, and authority— a place to test the third spaces of these writers
Sufis in a \u27Foreign\u27 Zawiya: Moroccan Perceptions of the Tijani Pilgrimage to Fes
Get PDFThe purpose of this ISP is to investigate Moroccan perceptions of sub-Saharan members of the Tijaniyya during the completion of their religious pilgrimage to Fes. The relationship between Moroccans andTijani pilgrims is particularly complex as it occurs at an intersection of various identities, most prominently including race, religion, class and nationality. This project focuses on Moroccans who work in the area surrounding the shrine of Ahmed al-Tijani and either market their business towards Tijani pilgrims or frequently serve Tijani pilgrims as customers. In the course of interviews with five Moroccans, three major themes emerged: 1. Condemnation of Tijani religious practice. 2. Warm economic relationships with the Tijaniyya and 3. Racism towards the Tijani manifestedas assumptions about their socio-economic status. This project will also demonstrate the ways in which these themes represent larger discourses within Morocco, especially in regards to race and racism. Finally, this project will offer speculation regarding the reasons why racism does not openly operate in interactions between Moroccans and sub-SaharanTijanis by offering explanations based on their religious and economic connections
Examinando la relación entre el ecoturismo y la migración en La Nevería, Pueblos Mancomunados, Oaxaca / Examining the relationship between ecotourism and migration in La Nevería, Pueblos Mancomunados, Oaxaca
No full textLos proyectos ecoturísticos en los Pueblos Mancomunados de la Sierra Norte de Oaxaca son un ejemplo de organización comunitaria para disminuir la emigración y mejorar la calidad de vida. Esta investigación intenta de analizar los cambios en el fenómeno migratorio del pequeño pueblo de La Nevería por medio de entrevistas personales con pobladores, y trazando la historia del proyecto ecoturístico que han implementado en su comunidad.
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The ecotourism projects in the Mancomunados Towns of the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca are an example of community organization to reduce emigration and improve the quality of life. This research tries to analyze the changes in the migratory phenomenon of the small town of La Nevería through personal interviews with residents, and tracing the history of the ecotourism project that they have implemented in their community
Keyhole Gardens as the Key to Environmental Sustainability and Access to Fresh Produce in Samoa: A Case Study of an Organic Keyhole Farm
Get PDFKeyhole gardens represent one of the many ingenious adaptations that are currently being used in Samoa to combat climate change, promote environmental sustainability, and improve diet. Through their design, these gardens are built to withstand greater fluctuations in climate; utilize alternative water resources and conserve fresh water; and contribute towards a solution to the waste management problem in Samoa. Additionally, keyhole gardens increase access to fresh produce, and can be used as tools to educate the community about healthy eating. This is of great national importance due to the myriad of health concerns that accompany the current diet in Samoa, which contains copious amounts of imported foods with low nutritional value and high fat and sodium content. This report includes a case study of Mikaele Maiava’s keyhole gardens, as well as pertinent information from multiple interviews and several secondary sources
Tourism in Iceland: Individual Carbon Footprint and the Potential to be Carbon Neutral
Get PDFWorld population has increased decade after decade and tourism is following the same trend. Tourism in Iceland is no exception, expanding each year. Most human actions have adverse effects on the planet, including travel. As traveling amongst humans increases so will tourism emissions. It is important to be aware of the impacts our actions have and the options available to make it better. Since carbon emissions for travelers are inevitable, this research has calculated the cost of offsetting those emissions through afforestation in Iceland. Most imagine a heavy financial burden to offset emissions but in reality, most visitors would only require an 8-24 USD contribution. The issue faced is lack of mitigation options. With a minimal financial burden on tourists, Iceland only lacks the resources for carbon neutral tourism