course information session
WHEN: Monday, January 25th 7:00-8:00 PM
WHERE: Collins Living-Learning Center's Edmondson Formal Lounge
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On Monday (January 25th) from 7-8 PM Collins will be hosting an information session for an interdisciplinary summer course that has a 2-week overseas component in Jamaica. The course, "Roots, Fruits & Jamaican Ecologies" (3-credits, 6-weeks, Summer Session I.), will be offered for 5th time in 2010 and is taught by a cultural anthropologist and forest ecologist.
The co-instructors, John Galuska and Dan Johnson, will give a short PowerPoint presentation about the course and answers students' questions about the course topics, application, costs, and fieldsites, as well as the cultural, environmental, and agricultural projects students participate in while overseas in Jamaica. Please come to the session if you are interested in learning more about this exciting class. We look forward to having more Collins students participate in the 2010 offering of the class! See below for the course description:
ROOTS FRUITS & JAMAICAN ECOLOGIES:PERMACULTURE INITIATIVES IN THE BLUE & JOHN CROW MOUNTAINS (Summer I. 2010)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This interdisciplinary service-learning course (3-credits, 6-weeks) is a partnership between IU, the Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT), and the Bowden Pen Farmers' Association in eastern Jamaica. Permaculture is a systems-thinking design approach meant to create sustainable, productive, and ethical ways of living. Permaculture design systems mimic ecological patterns and relationships found in nature while providing edible, multi-functional landscapes, renewable energy sources, "green" housing and sustainable cultural practices. Class sessions at IUB provide students with an understanding of: 1) basic permaculture design principles; 2) cultural practices in rural Jamaican communities; 3) ecological characteristics of mountainous regions in the Caribbean; and 4) the ways in which humans (re)shape local environments through farming and other activities. In Jamaica students will participate in permaculture and service-learning initiatives associated with park management, sustainable agriculture, cultural heritage, and ecotourism projects. The seminars given in Jamaica with conservationists, park rangers, farmers, community leaders, herbalists, spiritualists, poets, and musicians, place further emphasis on the ROOTS and the FRUITS of indigenous agricultural, environmental, and cultural practices.
FIELDSITES:
Blue & John Crow Mts. National Park and the rural farming community of Millbank in the Rio Grande Valley
COURSE DATES:
Summer Session I. 2010 (6-weeks). The course begins with 3 weeks of classes on the IUB campus (starting May 11), continues with 2 weeks in Jamaica (May 29-June 12), and ends with 1 final week of class after returning to campus.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Monday, February 15th, 2010. Interested students should contact Dr. Galuska (jgaluska@indiana.edu) for an application and additional course details. NOTE: Enrollment will be limited to a maximum of 15 students.
IU CREDIT:
Latin American and Caribbean Studies (400 level, Culture Studies)
CO-INSTRUCTORS:
Dr. John Galuska (Cultural Anthropologist, Ethnomusicologist, & Permaculturalist), Dan Johnson (Biologist & Forest Ecologist)
TOTAL 2010 COURSE COSTS:
$2,200 (Indiana resident) and $2,400 (non-resident). This includes: 3 IU-credit hours, 41 meals, 14 nights lodging, ground transportation, speakers and performer fees, service fees, and (required) student travel insurance. The course costs do NOT include round-trip airfare. Each student will be responsible for purchasing a round-trip airline ticket to Jamaica from Indianapolis International to Kingston (Norman Manley International). NOTE: In summer 2009 the airline ticket cost was just over $512.
COURSE DEPOSIT:
A non-refundable $500 course deposit (credited toward the overall course costs) is due AFTER being formally accepted to the program.
FINANCIAL AID & GRANTS:
Students receiving financial aid may be able to receive additional funds to help pay for the course costs. Speak with an IU Financial Aid representative. We encourage all students to seek out grant opportunities through IU. For example, a number of our past students have received $500-1,000 from the IU International Enhancement grant to help subsidize the cost of the class. Please check out the IEP link for the grant requirements:
http://www.indiana.edu/~iubhonor/hds/forms.php
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Dr. John Galuska, jgaluska@indiana.edu, 855-6215
FACEBOOK SITE:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9852459670
