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Ethnographic Field School in Belize - Summer 2020

Dates: June 16-July 15, 2020

The Center for Applied Anthropology (CFAA) at Northern Kentucky University (NKU) organizes an annual ethnographic field school in Belize directed by Douglas Hume (Associate Professor of Anthropology) every June in collaboration with the NKU International Education Center - Office of Education Abroad and Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA).

Community-based research coupled with ethnographic methods training in Belize, an English speaking country in Central America!
  • Experience Belizean culture for one month doing ethnography!
  • Be a part of a community-based research project on agricultural development within northern Belize farming communities!
  • Develop skills in ethnographic methods of data collection!
  • Collaborate on an original ethnographic field report, which may lead to presentations at regional, national and international conferences as well as publications!