Program:
Follow the route of Cortez through southern and central Mexico. Students travel and learn about Mexican cultures and globalization while experiencing a wide range of settings: from tropical coasts to semi-arid highlands, from rural fishing and agricultural villages to one of the largest cities in the world, and from the most ancient civilizations to the modern. The course emphasizes cultural history (ancient to modern) and globalization (particularly NAFTA’s impacts on people’s livelihoods in Mexico). This is a traveling program that includes educational tours in the states of Tabasco and Veracruz, and in Mexico City. In Tabasco, students will visit ancient Olmec and Maya ruins, learn about the coastal fishing economy and ecology on a boat tour, and learn about the cacao (cocoa) industry. In Veracruz, students will visit a peasant ejido (a collective farm) established under the Mexican land reform system, visit a private ranch, learn about the coffee industry, and visit historical cities. The trip ends in Mexico City, with excursions to the Zocalo, the National Museum of Anthropology, and the ancient city of Teotihuacán. Earn 3 udergraduate credits taking ANTH 379 Mexico: The Route of Cortez, or ANTH 599 for 3 graduate credits.
Accommodation:
Due to the traveling nature of the program, students will be transported daily between destinations and stay in multiple hotels. The program fee covers the costs of hotel lodging in all cities and towns visited. Each student should be prepared to share hotel rooms. Each hotel is chosen based on location, relative quietness, safety, friendliness and cost. Some hotels will have restaurants and additional services while others will not. Participants will be expected to abide by the rules and regulations established by the instructor, and the rules of the hotel itself. A disregard of these rules may lead to dismissal of the student from the tour.
Program
Price: $1099
Program
fee includes:
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Lodging
• All travel within Mexico
• Daily meals
• Museum admissions
• Lectures
• Miscellaneous tour expenses
• All gratuities
• International Student ID Card (EMU students)
• Health insurance (EMU students)
Program fee does not include:
• Round-trip international airfare
• EMU tuition and fees
• Personal expenses
For more information:
Dr. Bradley Ensor
Sociology Anthropology Criminology
712 Pray Harrold
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734.487.4246
Email:bensor@emich.edu
Brad Ensor teaches archaeology and cultural anthropology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. Since 2001, he directed an archaeological investigation of ancient Chontal Maya ruins on several islands along the Gulf Coast in the state of Tabasco, Mexico. Ensor has spent about one-fourth of his life working in and visiting Southern Mexico, especially the state of Veracruz, and has travelled extensively throughout the rest of the nation. He has a love of the rich foods and customs of Mexico’s diverse cultures and a profound respect for the pride and resiliency of the people. He has witnessed some of the more tumultuous times in modern Mexican history and has observed dramatic economic and demographic changes to many cities and rural communities since the 1980s. Among his many favorite pastimes in Mexico are exploring different towns and villages, overindulging in freshly caught seafood on the tropical coast, and hearing live huapango music in Xalapa, Veracruz.
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