Field Sites 2009
GIEU Site - Bkejwanong First Nation
Maamwizhoozhooshkwade: Skating Together
Site Leader: Margaret Noori
Student Fellow: Avrille Hanzel
Dept/School/College: LSA, American Culture
Address: 3732 Haven Hall CZip: 1045
PH: 734-615-8904
Email: mnoori@umich.edu
Location: BKEJWANONG FIRST NATION
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: May 5 - June 1, 2009
Abstract: This project is centered on bringing together students from the University of Michigan and youth from Bkejwanong First Nation. U-M students and members of the Bkejwanong First Nation will share and compare their knowledge of language, skating, and living a healthy active lifestyle while learning more about the Ojibwe culture and the richly diverse ecosystem of Walpole Island in Lake St. Clair.
Link to students singing: http://www.umich.edu/~ojibwe/temp/Students-Singing.mp4
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GIEU Site - China
Cross-Cultural Communication through Art: Community Work with HIV Affected Youth
Site Leader: Larry Gant and Cathleen Clerkin
Dept/School/College: School of Social Work and LSA, Psychology
Address: 3780 SSWB CZip: 1180; 3269 East Hall CZip: 1043
PH: 734-763-5990; 734-647-3515
Email: lmgant@umich.edu, clerkin@umich.edu
Location: CHINA
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: June 2-28, 2009
Abstract: In collaboration with Golden Courage International and the University Musical Society, GIEU students will use the arts to deepen their cross-cultural understanding, co-creating with Chinese artists, HIV/AIDs-orphaned Chinese youth and caring adults. They will experience Chinese arts and culture through performances and field trips and use the arts as a medium for teaching English to Chinese children and teachers.
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GIEU Site - Ecuador
From Seed to Table, from Reed to Flute: Sustainability and Sacred Music with the Andes Kichwa people
Site Leader: Martha Travers
Student Fellow: Christine Hucal
Dept/School/College: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Address: 1100 Baits Dr #2300 CZip: 2085
PH: 734-764-0583
Email: mtravers@umich.edu
Location: ECUADOR
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: July 15 - Aug 4, 2009
Abstract: Experience the ancient Andean philosophy of 'sustainability through reciprocity' while living with the indigenous Kichwa of northern Ecuador. Help with farming, tending animals, irrigation projects, and other community work. Listen to Andean sacred music and learn from a traditional musician how to make flutes from reeds and drums from agave and experience how music is integrated into life.
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GIEU Site - Ghana, Kumasi
Joint Program in Ghana
Site Leader: Elijah Kannatey-Asibu and Kathleen Sienko
Dept/School/College: College of Engineering
Location: GHANA, KUMASI
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: July 3 - 31, 2009
Two projects of technical support and evaluation will be happening at many of the same locations in Ghana, so students will travel together but will be assigned to one of the following projects.
Recycling Plastics as an Educational Issue (Kannatey-Asibu)
Student Fellow: Kyra VandeBunte
Address: 3134 GG Brown CZip: 2125
PH: 734-936-0408
Email: asibu@umich.edu
Abstract: Students will investigate the engineering requirements, as well as economic, legal, and social ramifications of recycling plastics in Ghana. Students will work with counterparts at the University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University and Science and Technology (KNUST) to build upon a project that was begun in 2006. The proposed effort will require expertise in several disciplines – engineering, education, business, economics, law and the social sciences.
Improving Maternal Health (Sienko)
Student Fellow: Kira Fleming
Address: 3116 GG Brown CZip: 2125
PH: 764-647-8249
Email: sienko@umich.edu
Abstract: - Maternal mortality is the global health indicator with the greatest disparity between developed and developing countries and remains high in many countries despite twenty years of safe motherhood activities. Conduct clinical observations in urban and rural hospitals in Ghana to generate innovative technological interventions and educational outreach materials for the purpose of improving maternal health. Investigate the best practices in the U.S. and other developing nations, observe clinicians in both the U.S. and Ghana, conceptualize medical, technological and infrastructural interventions, and develop and implement a basic educational outreach program for child-bearing aged women.
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GIEU Site - Ghana, Tamale
Advancing Health Promotion through Health Education
Site Leader: Sue Anne Bell and Kofi Gyan
Dept/School/College: School of Nursing and OB/GYN
Address: 400 NIB, Rm 3177 CZip: 5482; L4000 Women's Hosp CZip: 2067
PH: 734-277-5515; 734-930-5615
Email: sabell@umich.edu, kofigyan@umich.edu
Location: GHANA, TAMALE
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: May 23 - June 20, 2009
Abstract: Examine current health education needs that will lead to the design, implementation and evaluation of a health education intervention in Tamale, Ghana. Engage in an intensive investigation of the historical, cultural, sociological, and political structure of health and health care delivery systems in Ghana through student-initiated health education experiences and on-site service learning.
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GIEU Site - Hawai'i
Ho'ihi o Hawai'i: Respect for Hawai'i
Site Leader: Michael Spencer
Student Fellow: Madeline Stano
Dept/School/College: School of Social Work
Address: 2728 SSWB CZip: 1106
PH: 734-764-7224
Email: spencerm@umich.edu
Location: HAWAI’I (USA)
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: July 25 - Aug 15, 2009
Abstract: This project is rooted in the notion of respect for the land and for the people and their culture. Travel to the island of 'Oahu to learn from and with local experts about indigenous-based interventions that promote the well being of the Native Hawaiian people. Learn about the political, social, and economic struggles of Native Hawaiians both historically and in contemporary Hawai'i and develop strategies for undoing past and current wrongs to the Hawaiian people. Engage in several service learning activities, including working at Hoa 'Aina O Makaha, a farm on the west end of 'Oahu that specializes in preserving Native Hawaiian culture.
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GIEU Site - India, Delhi
India: Poverty and Hope, Community Organizing and Self-Determination
Site Leader: Chris Luebbe
Student Fellow: Amanda Swain
Dept/School/College: LSA, Student Academic Affairs
Address: 1255 Angell Hall CZip: 1003
PH: 734-936-3218
Email: auster@umich.edu
Location: INDIA, DELHI
Duration: 4 weeks
Tentative Dates: May 11 - June 7, 2009
Abstract: Learn about issues of poverty, cultural isolationism, and community development by working with The Hope Project in Delhi, India. Live with families in a small Muslim village within the city of Delhi and work with a local grass roots community development organization in different areas of education, health care, and micro-enterprise.
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GIEU Site - India, Tamilnadu
Globalized Gender in Southern India
Site Leader: Jennifer Yim and Ramaswami Mahalingam
Dept/School/College: LSA, Global Scholars and Psychology
Address: 3000 MUnion CZip: 1380; 3263 East Hall CZip: 1043
PH: 734-396-1875; 734-763-0049
Email: jyim@umich.edu, ramawasi@umich.edu
Location: INDIA, TAMILNADU
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: June 30 – July 25, 2009
Abstract: Explore globalization, gender, and empowerment in India with a team of all female students traveling to three sites in Tamilnadu, India. Shadow and engage in dialogic experiences with students at a women's college, volunteer with an organization that works to empower women, and participate as research assistants for a project on women engineers.
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GIEU Site - Indonesia
Democracy and Local Autonomy: Health Care, Ecology and Urban Planning
Site Leader: Agustini
Student Fellow: Jill Peters
Dept/School/College: LSA, Asian Languages and Cultures
Address: 202 S Thayer Ste 6111 CZip: 1608
PH: 734-764-8286
Email: agustini@umich.edu
Location: INDONESIA
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: May 13 – June 10, 2009
Abstract: Indonesia, one of the world's largest democracies, has embarked on a process of political decentralization. Decisions about local issues, once made centrally in Jakarta, are now much more largely controlled by regional and local elected officials. This has allowed for an increased local sense of accountability on the part of political leadership as Indonesia has engaged with what it means to be a functioning democracy. To better understand the nature of democracy in a non-Western situation, explore how neighborhoods in two Indonesian cities, Pengosekan near Ubud in Central Bali, and Bantul, near Yogyakarta in Central Java, have responded to local challenges concerning health care, ecology and urban planning in a newly democratic nation.
Indonesia on-site blog: http://gieuindonesia2009.blogspot.com
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GIEU Site - Tetuwan Oyate Treaty Territory
Uranium Mining and the Lakota People: Past and Present
Site Leader: Kim Kearfott
Student Fellow: Marcia McDade
Dept/School/College: College of Engineering
Address: 1943 Cooley CZip: 2104
PH: 734-763-9117
Email: kearfott@umich.edu
Location: TETUWAN OYATE TREATY TERRITORY
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: July 15 - Aug 12, 2009
Abstract: Assist and document the struggles of the Lakota people with environmental and potential health issues involving past, present, and future uranium mining activities in the 1851 and 1869 Fort Laramie Treaty territory (covering thousands of square miles in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana). Conduct work with the non-profit local organization, Defenders of the Black Hills, and with personnel at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Work will include preparation of written materials, radio broadcasts, oral interviews, literature work, website development, and measurements of radiation and toxic materials in environmental laboratory samples and in the field.
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GIEU Site - New Zealand
Exploring Language, Culture, and Schooling: Maori & Pakeha Education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Site Leader: Catherine Reischl and Kathryn Young
Dept/School/College: School of Education
Address: 1228A SEB CZip:1259; 1228H SEB CZip: 1259
PH: 734-936-0872; 734-763-8890
Email: creischl@umich.edu, kathryny@umich.edu
Location: NEW ZEALAND
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: May 3-30, 2009
Abstract: Schools are rich and complex contexts where larger political, cultural, and linguistic issues are played out through daily interactions between teachers and students. Students in this project will develop a critical comparative perspective on the role of language and culture in schooling. They will learn actively through internships in schools, homestays, dialogue with university students and faculty, and cultural journeys to geological and historical sites.
Kathryn Young on-site blog: http://anz-kathryn.livejournal.com/
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GIEU Site - Peru
Weaving Life Stories in Cusco, Peru
Site Leader: María Dorantes and Tatiana Calixto
Dept/School/College: LSA, Romance Languages and Literatures
Address: 4020 MLB CZip: 1275; 4032 MLB CZip: 1275
PH: 734-647-2322; 734-764-5394
Email: lourdes@umich.edu, tcalixto@umich.edu
Location: PERU
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: June 28 - July 25, 2009
Abstract: Hand-woven fabrics are a form of living history in the Peruvian highlands of the Cusco region. Students will live with village families, learning the ancient art of weaving, and tending to the crops and farm animals. They will work with a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation of Peruvian Inca textiles, and create a website featuring the life stories of individual weavers for that organization.
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GIEU Site - Viet Nam
Viet Nam Today
Site Leader: David R. Smith and Thuy’Ahn Nguyen
Dept/School/College: LSA, History and LSA, Asian Languages and Cultures
Address: 1255 Angell CZip: 1003; 202 S Thayer Ste 611 CZip: 1608
PH: 734-647-9624; 734-647-8648
Email: davidsm@umich.edu, tanguyen@umich.edu
Location: VIET NAM
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: May 4 - 30, 2009
Abstract: While many are aware of the ways in which the Viet Nam War has permeated American politics and culture, very few are cognizant of the rich cultural traditions in Viet Nam or that it is among the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia today. Study the dichotomy between tradition and modernity as Viet Nam becomes further connected to the global economy. Experience the human consequences and lasting legacies of war, while promoting a greater understanding of Viet Nam's growing importance to today's global economy.
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