Ethnographic Field School Opportunity
Komi Republic, Russia
14 May - 14 August 2005
University of Northern British Columbia
Syktyvkar State University
Application Deadline: Sunday, 27 February 2005
For further information, please go to:
http://anthro.unbc.ca
or contact:
Dr. Michel Bouchard
Anthropology Program, UNBC
Phone: 250-960-5643
E-mail: michel [at] unbc.ca
The University of Northern British Columbia, with the cooperation of
Syktyvkar State University, is offering a unique Circumpolar
Ethnographic Field School in 2005. Applications are welcome from all
interested students. Students will be registered for a full term (15
credits) of upper division course work.
Courses will include Russian language, ethnographic methods, and an
ethnographic project. Students will acquire basic skills in ethnography
while participating in the actual research project. Participants will be
under the supervision of Canadian and Russian ethnographers and
researchers. The first half of the field school will be based in
Syktyvkar and the Southern Komi village of Kuratovo, where students will
study the Russian language and receive preliminary training in
anthropological research methods. Later in the summer, students will
travel to the northern Izhma Komi communities. The summer will conclude
with a trip north of the Arctic Circle to the Russian tundra where
students will meet residents of reindeer-herding communities and
participate in their daily life.
The field school will run from 14 May to 14 August. The estimated cost
for participants is $6,500 USD which includes airfare, accommodation,
food, and tuition fees. The application deadline is Sunday, 27 February
2005, however, interested students are strongly encouraged to register
ASAP.
For further information, please go to:
http://anthro.unbc.ca