Dear Honors Student:
I'm writing to let you know about an exciting opportunity to travel and study in Chile during this coming winter term. Offered January 1-22 in Chile, our course is cross-listed as follows:
· ARHU369C Special Topics in
Study Abroad III: Chilean Literature, Democracy, and Social
Change (fulfills the CORE Human Diversity requirement)
· CMLT498C Selected Topics in
Comparative Studies: Chile: Chilean Literature, Democracy and Social Change
· GVPT309F Topics in
International Relations: Chile: Chilean Literature, Democracy and Social Change
· HIST329N Special Topics in
History: Chile: Chilean Literature, Democracy and Social Change
· HONR349C Honors Colloquium:
Chile: Chilean Literature, Democracy and Social Change
This course is an introduction to contemporary Chilean
literature, arts, culture, and politics and focuses on the re-establishment of
democracy after Pinochet's dictatorship. Students will attend formal lectures
and literary workshops with UMD instructors as well as guest speakers. A
variety of excursions and field trips are included, including visits to Pablo
Neruda's homes, sites of repression during the Pinochet regime, and major
governmental and cultural institutions.
We start in Santiago,
Chile’s capital. There we stay at Hostel Andes: http://www.andeshostel.com/en/ and
visit places such as El Parque Metropolitano Cerro San Cristobal: http://www.parquemet.cl ; El Museo de La
Memoria y los Derechos Humanos http://www.museodelamemoria.cl,
El Parque por la Paz Villa Grimald http://villagrimaldi.cl,
Pablo Neruda’s house (La Chascona) http://www.fundacionneruda.org/en/la-chascona/history.html;
among others.
Our stay in the capital coincides with one of the two
largest theater festivals in Latin America, Santiago A Mil: http://www.santiagoamil.cl . Every year
we attend at least two performances as a group (normally one big production and
one smaller more alternative show).
In addition to that, there’s plenty of street theater, music and other
shows that students can attend on their own.
In Santiago we also meet with local authors such as Pia
Barros and Jorge Montealegre: http://www.hercampus.com/school/maryland/meeting-famous-authors-not-your-typical-umd-winter-term-study-abroad
On our way to Valparaiso (Valpo) we stop at Isla Negra to
visit Neruda’s most famous house: http://www.fundacionneruda.org/en/isla-negra/history.html.
In Valparaiso we stay at Puerto Natura: http://www.puertonatura.cl
and do our week of Service Learning with our amigos from Escuela Republica de Bolivia,
a middle school were we run a summer camp- type program with 20+ plus local
children between the ages of 8 and 12.
Last year we partnered with a local group of circus
artists. They offered several workshops where students learned and rehearsed different
acts. On our last day in Valpo, we staged a full-blown circus show at a nearby
theater and invited, parents and friends. We had about 100 people in the
audience and everybody had such a good time that we are considering doing a
second installment of our circus this year. Scroll down to see pictures of the show including our guests
of honor the little children from the neighborhood’s day care.
Below you’ll find links with info and pictures from past
years:
Scroll down to see pictures of the beautiful mosaic we did
in 2010.
These are other articles about our Service Learning
Program in Valpo. ( a couple of them are in Spanish)
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