Today my Independent Study Project proposal is due. I've signed an ethics statement, filled out a form about how I plan on researching human subjects in an ethical manner, made a budget, wrote an outline, and discussed my methodology methods.
My project is such: I am going to work at a women's coffee cooperative, El Privilegio, for three weeks. During that time, I hope to research how the women consider themselves part of Nicaragua's women's movement, as well as how this cooperative compares itself to other, heterogenous, coffee cooperatives. It's broad, but I'll narrow it down once I get there. Everyone will be happy to know the proposal is in spanish. Very special.
This possibly means lack of communication (more than normal, if that's possible) for the three weeks I'm gone. Then of course I'll be writing my ISP (again in spanish--this was a choice mind you, so everyone should be proud), so who knows if I'll ever use this thing called internet after November 7.
Other ISPs in the group include:
+ a project about the people who live and work in Managua's landfill
+ Public health in the Garifuna people (afro-indian descendents who live on the Caribbean Coast)
+ Studying the rebuilding efforts in the RAAN, where the Hurricane hit the hardest, and also where there's historically been the least infrastructure of any part of Nicaragua
+ The Russian diaspora to Nicaragua
+ How (international) funding organizations for non-governmental organizations in Nicaragua affect their mission and activities
+ The introduction of a police force into Orinoco, a 100% Garifuna community on the Caribbean coast that has never had police before.
+ The changes in teaching styles throughout the Sandinista revolution and the conservative period of the 1990s
I bet the people doing these ISPs would be horrified in how I summarized them, and of course there's loads of background information in all of these that is hard to project in a sentence. But it's an idea of how diverse the projects are.
The blog about sights and sounds of Managua is pending. So are more about El Salvador.
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Johanna, It all sounds so exciting. I sent your site to Eli's spanish teacher. She (and the rest of us) are enjoying your term. We look forward to seeing you during the holidays. Beth
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